The Famous & The Anonymous uncovers the private obsessions and subterranean desires of the nameless and the internationally recognized, both contemporary and historical. Ten of the twenty-two stories within the collection take the reader behind a celebrity’s poseur façade to reveal the anxiety-riddled human behind it. The remaining twelve inspect the personal lives of unknown men and women, who watch their worlds slowly unraveling around them. The stories examine the motivations behind sexual deviancy, extramarital affairs, murder, and other behavior having generally calamitous consequences. With keen insight into the human condition, each tale provides a vivid transcription of the visual and emotional worlds.
Savannah Schroll Guz holds a Master's Degree from the University of Pittsburgh. In 1997-1998, she was a Fulbright Scholar and worked as a correspondence translator for Bavaria's Prince von Hohenzollern.
Savannah is a monthly columnist for Library Journal, where she reviews newly-released reference guides. Previously, her essays, reviews, and cultural criticism have appeared in Sculpture, ZMag, The European Journal of Cultural Studies, Modernism/Modernity, Bitch Magazine, Popmatters, DRAFT Magazine, and Pittsburgh City Paper. She teaches English at West Virginia Northern Community College and is co-founder of Pittsburgh's The New Yinzer Presents Reading Series.
Savannah is author of the short story collections, The Famous & The Anonymous (2004) and American Soma (2009). She is editor of the theme-based fiction anthology, Consumed: Women on Excess (2005). Her stories have been nominated for a Pushcart and a Storysouth Million Writers Award. She and husband Michael Guz live in Weirton, WV and in Pittsburgh, PA.
