M. Ageyev () was the pen name of the writer of the Russian Novel with Cocaine. He is believed to be Mark Lazarevich Levi (; August 8, 1898August 5, 1973). Levi's life is shrouded in mystery and conjecture. He returned to the U.S.S.R. in 1942. However, Levi was granted a residence permit not in his native city of Moscow, but in Yerevan, the capital of the Armenian Soviet Republic. There he took a job as a lecturer of German studies at the State university. He died in Yerevan on August 5, 1973.

References

  • Kseniya Ragozina's article "Detektiv s romanom"