Steve Szilagyi is a critic, journalist, novelist and the author of ''Photographing Fairies'' (Ballantine, 1992), and co-author, with Bill Mesce Jr., of ''The Advocate'' (Bantam, 2000).

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

-born Szilagyi (pronounced Sil-AH-jee) graduated with honors from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

, winning the Columbia Bennett Cerf Award for Fiction for his unpublished story collection ''The Night Sophia Loren's Dress Caught Fire in a Restaurant''. A painter and illustrator, Szilagyi has published drawings in ''

New York Magazine ''New York'' is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, and with a particular emphasis on New York City. Founded by Milton Glaser and Clay Felker in 1968 as a competitor to ''The New Yorker'', ...

'' and other national publications. ''

Photographing Fairies ''Photographing Fairies'' is a 1997 British fantasy film based on Steve Szilagyi's 1992 novel ''Photographing Fairies''. The film explores some of the themes of folklore, such as possession, paganism, animism, hallucinogens, parapsychology and ...

'', his first novel, was short-listed for the 1993 World Fantasy Award, and was made into the 1997 movie ''

'' starring

Ben Kingsley Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor. He has received various accolades throughout his career spanning five decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and two ...

, and directed by

Nick Willing Nick Willing (born 1961) is a British director, producer and writer of films and television series. Early life Willing is the son of Portuguese painter Dame Paula Rego and English artist Victor Willing and was largely brought up in Portugal, ...

. Szilagyi is a

Pushcart Prize The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize published by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are ...

Outstanding Writer, winner of a Cleveland Emmy Award (1996),Cleveland Plain Dealer, ''WJW, WEWS Top Local Stations in Regional Emmy Contest,'' June 8, 1997, p 5B. and First Place winner for Best Arts Writing, Ohio Society of Professional Journalists awards (2000).

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Szilagyi, Steve 20th-century American novelists American fantasy writers American illustrators American male novelists Columbia University alumni Living people 20th-century American male writers Year of birth missing (living people) American male journalists