Steven Katz (his screen name omits his middle initial) is an American writer and is the writer of the original screenplay Shadow of the Vampire. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 8, 1959 and received a B. A. in English and Art History from Brown University in 1982 and an M. A. in English from Columbia University in 1984. He currently lives in New York City.

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