Aaron Levy

A former high school English teacher, Aaron Levy is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing and English Education at Kennesaw State University. From 2016-2020 he served as the Director of Academics for the Georgia Film Academy where among several film/tv workforce initiatives, he was able to lead the creation of the Dramatic Writing for Film, Television and Theatre 1, a new ELA requirement option course for GA high schools. Levy earned his MFA in creative writing/playwriting and a PHD in curriculum & instruction from Arizona State University. His first work for young adults, Pizza With Shrimp On Top (Dramatic Publishing), has enjoyed over 60 national and international productions, and was nominated for the 2007 Distinguished National Play Award for the Middle and Secondary School Audiences. His play BOLT CUTTER MAN was last selected for production by Thespian Production Inc's for its 2014 Halloween Play Festival at NYC's Joria Mainstage Theatre. Levy’s debut young adult novel, Blood Don't Lie, directly evolved from writing assignments he wrote alongside his methods students at KSU, was published by Good Reads Press. BLOOD DON’T LIE received the GA Author of the Year Award for young adult fiction in 2018, and continues to be taught at dozens of Georgia middle and high schools. His new play for teens, THE STUDENT BODY, just received a developmental staged reading production by the Galloway School theatre in March, 2021.