Anca L. Szilágyi
Nonfiction
Chicago, IL
Anca L. Szilágyi is the author of Daughters of the Air, which Shelf Awareness called “a striking debut from a writer to watch” and Dreams Under Glass, which Buzzfeed Books called “a novel for our modern times.” She is working on a collection of lyric essays on food and cultural memory. Her writing appears in Orion Magazine, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Newsweek, among other publications. She is the recipient of awards from Vermont Studio Center, Artist Trust, 4Culture, and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), among others. Originally from Brooklyn, she has lived in Montreal, Seattle, and now Chicago, where she teaches creative writing.