Anca L. Szilágyi

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.” Her short fiction has appeared in Lilith Magazine, Fairy Tale Review, and Washington City Paper, among other venues. She is working on a collection of food essays, some of which have appeared in Orion Magazine, Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Fiddlehead, and which have been listed as a notable essay in Best American Essays 2023. Originally from Brooklyn, she has lived in Montreal, Seattle, and now Chicago, where she teaches creative writing.