Allen Levi, the author of “Theo of Golden,” never intended to become a best-selling writer. Levi was a lawyer, a musician, a probate judge and was looking for a new pursuit in life when a visit to his favorite coffee shop changed his perspective and maybe his life.
The Columbus, Georgia, resident, who was born in Bay Minette, Alabama, had never written fiction before his visit to the coffee shop. He had previously written a memoir about caring for his brother during the last year of his sibling’s life and he had written a children’s book.
“I had no goal in sight until I was in a coffee shop (in Columbus). It’s a place I go frequently, not so much for the coffee but for the portraits,” Levi said to a crowd of about 400 people in the North Zone at Bryant-Denny Stadium during a Feb. 22 visit to Tuscaloosa…