Sonia levitin biography

German–American novelist producer artist

Sonia Wolff Levitin (born August 18, )^[1] is a German-American novelist, artist, and producer.

Sonia Levitin - Jewish Women's Archive

Levitin, a Holocaust survivor, has written over forty novels and picture books for young adults and children, as well as several theatrical plays and published essays on various topics for adults.^[2]

Her book Incident at Loring Groves () won an Edgar Allan Poe Award.

Early life

Sonia Levitin was born on August 18, , in Berlin, Nazi Germany.

Being of Jewish descent, she managed to escape persecution by traveling with her mother and two sisters to Switzerland. Her father, a prominent clothing designer, escaped to New York City and then to Los Angeles where he would raise Sonia and her sisters.^[3] Levitin would later write several novels about struggling as an immigrant in the United States; these include: The Journey to America and Silver Days, a series about a family of German Jewish refug SFE: Levitin, Sonia - XUPO