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Leon Silver

(c) Sid Buchbinder

About The Author

Leon Silver was born in Shanghai in 1941 to Polish Jews who fled their homeland in 1938. In 1948 the family moved to Israel, where Silver grew up before  relocating to Melbourne in 1956.  His first novel, Dancing with the Hurricane, was translated into Hebrew and published in Israel. The Miracle Typist is the true story of his Polish father-in-law, Tolek Klings.

Books by Leon Silver