Hi, I'm Miha Mazzini, author, screenwriter, film director and lecturer.
Some fast facts about me:
- more than 30 books published in 11 languages
- Short stories selected for many anthologies including Pushcart Prize 2012 and Best European Fiction 2018
- Screenwriter of award-winning feature films (Golden Palm for the best film of the XXII Mostra de Valencia, European CIRCOM Award for the Best TV Film of 1992), short films and TV films
- Director of award-winning feature film, documentaries and short films (Best screenplay at Raindance festival London, Best director award at the Highgate Film Festival in London, Best screenplay at FEST, Belgrade, ...)
- MA in Creative Writing for Film and Television, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
- PhD in Anthropology of Everyday Life, Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis, Slovenia
More:
Everybody agrees upon the psychological insight, the complexity, the humor and wonders where the author got his mind and brain.
I'm proud to share a secret - I even kept a receipt.
Detroit Free Press about my novel Crumbs: "Probably the most fascinating novel you will read this year."
Publishers Weekly about Guarding Hanna: "Thoroughly unique black comedy ... delightfully perverse and oddly touching story".
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My latest fiction book published in English:
Paloma Negra
Novel.
A man has signed his own death warrant. And now he is tempted back to life with love, music and beauty.
My latest non-fiction book:
Born for Stories
Nonfiction book about writers and creativity.
- Slovenian edition, 2012
- English Kindle edition, 2014
My latest fiction book:
Funny
A married couple in a mid-life crisis goes on the trip to Africa. A warm-hearted story with empathy, at the same time also true to its title. A story of love and friendship, a gentle satire about the current state of Western civilization
My latest YA book:
Star call
Novel for young adult readers (12+)
- Slovenian edition, 2016
- Serbian edition, 2018
Modra ptica award for the best YA novel.