Michele Levy first pub­lished works on canon­i­cal Russ­ian and Euro­pean writ­ers. But since 1999, she has trav­eled to the Balka­ns sev­er­al times and writ­ten on their lit­er­a­ture, cul­ture, and his­to­ry in reviews, schol­ar­ly essays, and book chap­ters, two relat­ed direct­ly to Yugosla­vian Jews dur­ing World War II. She has also pub­lished poet­ry and sev­er­al short sto­ries. Anna’s Dance is her debut novel.