Hillel Levin

Hillel Levin's reporting has appeared in the Nation, New York magazine, Monthly Detroit magazine, Metropolitan Detroit magazine, and Chicago magazine. He was executive editor of Metropolitan Detroit and editor of Chicago magazine. In 1984 he wrote Grand Delusions: The Cosmic Career of John De Lorean. In 2004, he wrote When Corruption Was King with Robert Cooley about Cooley's central role in the FBI investigation of mob influence on Chicago's courts and political system. In 2007, for Playboy,...See more

Hillel Levin's reporting has appeared in the Nation, New York magazine, Monthly Detroit magazine, Metropolitan Detroit magazine, and Chicago magazine. He was executive editor of Metropolitan Detroit and editor of Chicago magazine. In 1984 he wrote Grand Delusions: The Cosmic Career of John De Lorean. In 2004, he wrote When Corruption Was King with Robert Cooley about Cooley's central role in the FBI investigation of mob influence on Chicago's courts and political system. In 2007, for Playboy, he wrote, "Boosting the Big Tuna," about the burglars who broke into the home of Tony Accordo, the longtime leader of Chicago's mob, which is known as the Outfit. In 2010, he wrote In With the Devil with James Keene, about Keene's undercover mission to crack a serial killer in a federal psychiatric prison. See less