JOHN F. LEVIN is an American playwright, novelist and journalist. He has written a number of historically based screenplays including: Pacheco, the story of the Seminole Wars for Warner Brothers, (Danny Glover producer), Dust in the Wind, (Wayne Wang director and Oliver Stone, Producer) and South of Market for American Zoetrope, (Francis Ford Coppola, Producer). His novel, The Great Divide (co-authored with Frank Robinson), was published by Tor Books - an imprint of Macmillan. Levin's first play, Veracruz, premiered in Northern California in 2004. The San Jose Metro wrote: "Levin weaves news stories of the times to create a fascinating study of the personal and political interests that make up a war." Levin is a member of the Playwrights Lab and former Artist in Residence at Z-Space Studio, San Francisco. His latest play is a theatrical adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel, In Dubious Battle.