WordSmitten :: About the Books :: David Leavitt and Coffee Down Under

David Leavitt, author of "The Indian Clerk" and "Family Dancing," talks about his secret pleasure and coffee down under on his recent trip to an Aussie writing conference. David Leavitt graduated from Yale University in 1983 with a BA in English. Author of the short story collections "Family Dancing," Leavitt was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Prize and the National Book Critics’ Circle Award.