- expand ing ▁subst ances ▁in ▁his ▁youth . ▁Pe lev in ▁is ▁not ▁married . ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 s , ▁he ▁lived ▁in ▁Australia ▁. ▁ ▁Liter ary ▁career ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁Pe lev in ▁attended ▁Mik h ail ▁Lob an ov ' s ▁cre ative ▁writing ▁sem inar ▁at ▁Maxim ▁G ork y ▁Liter ary ▁Institute . ▁While ▁studying ▁at ▁the ▁Institute ▁Pe lev in ▁met ▁the ▁young ▁novel ist ▁Albert ▁Eg azar ov ▁and ▁the ▁poet ▁Victor ▁K ulle , ▁later ▁a ▁literary ▁critic . ▁Pe lev in ▁was ▁exp elled ▁from ▁the ▁Institute ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 . ▁Eg azar ov ▁and ▁K ulle ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁found ▁a ▁publishing ▁house , ▁first ▁called ▁The ▁Day , ▁then ▁The ▁R aven ▁and ▁M yth , ▁for ▁which ▁Pe lev in ▁has ▁edited ▁three ▁volumes ▁of ▁Carlos ▁Cast an eda ' s ▁work . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁Pe lev in ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁staff ▁rep orter ▁of ▁the ▁magazine ▁Face ▁to ▁Face . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁he ▁also ▁began ▁to ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁journal ▁Nau ka ▁i ▁Rel igi ya ▁( S cience ▁and ▁Religion ), ▁where ▁he ▁edited ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁articles ▁on ▁eastern ▁myst ic ism . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁Nau ka ▁i ▁Rel igi ya ▁published ▁Pe lev in ' s ▁first ▁short ▁story ▁" Ign at ▁the