Levison graduated from Villanova University, where he received an English degree that became part of the premise for his first commercial success, the memoir A Working Stiff's Manifesto. Since that book's publication in 2002, he has published three additional books, mainly fast-paced crime novels with themes such as economic inequality, workers' rights, alienation, and gun control in the United States. Since the Layoffs was published by Soho Press in July 2003, followed by Dog Eats Dog, from Bitter Lemon Press in October 2008, and How To Rob An Armored Car, published by Soho Press a year later in October, 2009. Levison's writing is known for crisp sentences and at times acerbic wit.

Levison currently resides in Raleigh, North Carolina but has roots in Philadelphia and Scotland.