Alan Lelchuk (born 1938) is an American novelist, professor, and editor from Brooklyn, New York. He received his B.A. in World Literature from Brooklyn College in 1960 and received his M.A. in 1962 and Ph.D. in 1965, both in English and from Stanford University. He completed a Stanford dissertation fellowship at University College London in 1962–63. He began teaching at Brandeis University in 1966, was Visiting Writer for two years at Amherst College, from 1982 to 1984, and has been a member of the Dartmouth College faculty since 1985. He lives in Canaan, New Hampshire. Commentary on His Work