Canadian Labour in Crisis is his first book. Allan Levine is a diverse author who moves easily between popular non-fiction and fiction. He has written eleven books including Coming of Age: A History of the Jewish People of Manitoba (2009), The Devil in Babylon: Fear of Progress and the Birth of Modern Life(2005) and Scattered Among the Peoples: The Jewish Diaspora in Ten Portraits. He has also recently launched his second historical mystery series, The Charles St. Clair Chronicles. This is in addition to his trilogy of historical mysteries featuring his turn-of-the-century Winnipeg detective Sam Klein. King: William Lyon MacKenzie King: A Life Guided by the Hand of Destiny is the first major bio of King in over a decade.