Leon Neyfakh is a Staff Writer at Slate.com and an author based in New York City.

Leon has been a Staff writer with Slate.com in New York City since January, 2015. On July 7, 2017 Leon published his first book "The Next Next Level: A Story of Rap, Friendship, and Almost Giving Up". The book covers the career of rapper, Juiceboxxx. ^[1]

Leon previously worked as a Reporter at the Boston Globe from 2011-2014. From 2007-2010 he worked as Reporter at Observer Media. Leon has also written for Rolling Stone and Maxim (magazine).

Leon graduated from Harvard University in 2007 with a Bachelor's degree in History and Literature. While studying at Harvard he wrote 98 articles for The Harvard Crimson.