David Levien is the author of Where the Dead Lay and City of the Sun. He also co-wrote the screenplays for Ocean's Thirteen, Runaway Jury, Rounders, Knockaround Guys, and several other major films. Levien is a director and film producer (with partner Brian Koppelman) of Solitary Man starring Michael Douglas and Susan Sarandon, and The Girlfriend Experience (directed by Steven Soderbergh). He lives in Connecticut.
