ABOUT
Howard Alan Levin
AKA Howie
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An engaging speaker & storyteller,
who has a passion for writing inspiring books.
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Lifetime of Adventure
Howie’s first book, Quotations for Successful Living, is a compilation of inspiring quotes. This collection initially began with his mother posting favorite and relevant quotes on the home’s refrigerator throughout Howie’s childhood. While collecting additional quotes for his book, the author had the opportunity to meet many inspiring people: Phyllis Diller, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Margaret Thatcher, Magic Johnson, Oprah Winfrey, Gene Cernan who walked on the moon and Muhammad Ali.
Muhammad Ali’s review, “Quotations for Successful Living is the greatest!”, motivated Howie to create more books to help people, animals and our environment.
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![USA Women’s Gold Medal Hockey Team, Nagano, Japan]()
USA Women’s Gold Medal Hockey Team
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![Thailand Elephant Conservation Center]()
Thailand Elephant Conservation Center
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![Muhammad Ali]()
Muhammad Ali
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![Oprah Winfrey]()
Oprah Winfrey
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![President Gerald Ford]()
President Gerald Ford
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![Humble Ranch Therapy Center, Steamboat Springs]()
Humble Ranch Therapy Center, Steamboat Springs
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![Earvin “Magic” Johnson]()
Earvin “Magic” Johnson
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![Koala, Friend, Australia]()
Koala, Friend, Australia
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![Meeting baby elephant, Pittsburg Zoo]()
Meeting Baby Elephant, Pittsburg Zoo
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![Grand Canyon]()
Grand Canyon
Learning to commune with animals has dramatically altered Howie’s life. He has traveled around the world to connect with animals and increase his understanding and receptivity to their messages.
The author has completed a series of children’s illustrated books told from the animal’s point of view. A History of Elephants Told by Elephants is followed by the stories told by dolphins, whales, cats, dogs, horses and octopuses.
As a previously published author, Howie is actively seeking a publisher for the children’s animal series.
The research for these books involved interacting with whales in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, swimming with bottlenose dolphins in the Red Sea, and working with horses at Humble Ranch in Colorado. Howie also trained as a mahout, an elephant handler, at The Thai Elephant Conservation Center near Lampang in Thailand.
Howie loves sharing his stories with children in elementary schools as a volunteer for the nonprofit organization, Spellbinders. The children have made requests that he tell the stories of rabbits, hummingbirds, beavers, and otters too. He is also a member of Healing in America, a school of holistic energy healing.
As Director of Fundraising for The Jimmie Huega Center, a nonprofit organization, Howie created a national skiing fundraiser. It was hosted by more than 50 ski resorts in the USA and Canada and was voted by Skiing Magazine as the Best Skiing Fundraiser in the industry.
As a professional ski patroller, river raft guide, and Emergency Medical Technician, he has skied more than 4,000 days and rafted more than 10,000 river miles, including the Grand Canyon.
Howie attended and produced merchandise for 12 Olympic and Paralympic Games. He was born in New York; attended the University of Copenhagen in Denmark; and has lived in Barcelona, Spain; Lillehammer, Norway; Atlanta, Georgia; Nagano, Japan; Sydney, Australia; Park City, Utah; Athens, Greece; Vancouver, Canada; London, England; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Paris, France.
His home is in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
See the contact page to book Howie for speaking engagements.