Michael Levenson Author & Editor

Born in London, Michael Levenson has lived in the U.K. and the United States. He has spent most of his working life in the licensed trade including many years as the Parliamentary Chairman of the Licensed Victuallers Association. Michael has had a life-long love for the cinema and is passionate about the history of the film industry. Reflecting that interest and his considerable knowledge, he hopes that Gunty’s War will take readers back to the Golden Age of pictures and inspire others to find out more about the world of cinema and films. Gunty’s War is his first book. He now lives in Egerton, outside Bolton, Greater Manchester with his wife, Janet. They have two girls and a boy, six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Michael’s favourite film is Best Years of Our Lives and his favourite actor, Claude Rains