Tolnay, Tom (Thomas Tolnay)

PERSONAL:

Born in New York, NY. Education: City College of the City University of New York, graduated.

ADDRESSES:

Office—Birch Brook Press, P.O. Box 81, Delhi, NY 13753.

CAREER:

Birch Brook Press, Delhi, NY, owner and publisher, designer and printer of letterpress editions. Pulpsmith (magazine), past managing editor. Small Press Center, member of board of directors and operator of Small Press Book Fair.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Theodore Goodman Short Story Award, City College of the City University of New York, for "The Miracle of Uncle Stavros"; first prize from national fiction contest, Literal Latte, for the short story "The Ghost of F. Scott Fitzgerald."

WRITINGS:

(Managing editor) X-1: Experimental Fiction Project, The Smith (New York, NY), 1976.

The Magic Whorehouse (short stories), illustrated by David Itchkawich, The Smith (New York, NY), 1979.

Celluloid Gangs (novel), Walker (New York, NY), 1990.

(Editor) Editors in the Stream: Eleven Top Outdoor Writers on the Purifying Joys of Fly Fishing, Halo Books (San Francisco, CA), 1992.

The Big House (novel), Walker (New York, NY), 1992.

(Editor) Baseball and the Lyrical Life: Poetry and Diamond Dust, wood engravings by Frank C. Eckmair, Birch Brook Press (Delhi, NY), 1999.

Spirits of the Adirondacks, Birch Brook Press (Delhi, NY), 2001.

(With Charles Lyons) The Ghost of F. Scott Fitzgerald (short film; based on Tolnay's short story of the same title), Sea Lions Productions, 2002.

(Editor) The Suspense of Loneliness, Birch Brook Press (Delhi, NY), 2003.

Selling America: A Selection of Stories Starring a Different Purveyor or Consumer of Different Products and Services, Silk Label Books (Unionville, NY), 2005.

Contributor of short stories to magazines, including Family Circle, Woman's Day, Swank, Fly Rod and Reel, Ellery Queen's Mystery, Twilight Zone, Fiddlehead, Four Quarters, Confrontation, and Saturday Evening Post. Past editor of magazines and newspapers, including Business Screen, Computer Pictures, and Back Stage.