Dangerous Laughter

A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Steven Millhauser’s first novel, Edwin Mullhouse, was published in 1972 and several years later received the Prix Médicis Étranger in France. Since then he has published ten works of fiction, among them several collections of stories and novellas, as well as the novel Martin Dressler, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1997. He is also a recipient of the Lannan Award and has been honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His stories have been included in Best American Short Stories, The O. Henry Prize Stories, and other anthologies. His story “Eisenheim the Illusionist,” from The Barnum Museum, was the basis of the 2006 film The Illusionist. Mr. Millhauser’s work has been translated into fourteen languages. He teaches at Skidmore College and lives in Saratoga Springs, New York.