Sentences with phrase «author of a short story collection»

Kim Edwards is the author of a short story collection, The Secrets of a Fire King, which was an alternate for the 1998 PEN / Hemingway Award, and has won both a Whiting Award and the Nelson Algren Award, and is a graduate of the Iowa Writers» Workshop.

Adam Haslett is the author of the short story collection You Are Not a Stranger Here and the novel Union Atlantic.

He is the author of a short story collection, Vladimir's Mustache, and currently teaches writing at Augsburg College in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Ingrid Hill is the author of the short story collection Dixie Church Interstate Blues and the novel, Ursula, Under.

Amelia Gray is the author of the short story collections AM / PM, Museum of the Weird, and Gutshot, as well as the novels Threats and, most recently, Isadora, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Mirene Arsanios is the author of the short story collection, The City Outside the Sentence (Ashkal Alwan, 2015).

Ben Fountain Ben Fountain is the author of a short story collection, Brief Encounters with Che Guevara, and a novel, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk.

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Amy Bloom, author of two New York Times best - sellers and three collections of short stories, has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and Vogue, among many other publications, and has won a National Magazine Award for Fiction.

The only evidence we have is a collection of 4 short stories written by admittedly devout anonymous authors 50 - 130 years after he supposedly died.

On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction Karl Iagnemma, The Dial Press, $ 22.95 A computer technician who thinks he's found the mathematical equation for romance and a botanist who secretly yearns for the author of her field's most trusted text are two of the protagonists in a spellbinding collection of short stories from Iagnemma, a roboticist and fiction writer at MIT.

Wireless by Charles Stross This lively collection from the Hugo Award — winning author of Accelerando includes recent short stories plus the fast - paced original novella Palimpsest.

Mia Wasikowska is among the directors of this uneven portmanteau movie based on a short - story collection by prize - winning author Tim Winton

Gay is a renowned author who has written well - regarded books (An Untamed State, Hunger) and collections of essays and short stories (Bad Feminist, Difficult Women).

He is also the author of the novel Pasadena and the collection of short stories, The Rose City.

The author's new short - story collection, You Think It, I'll Say It, has attracted the attention of Reese Witherspoon and Kristen Wiig.

The aim of the partnership is to foster independent reading and discussion of important literary texts, including novels and short story collections from a range of genres and authors, both historical and more contemporary.

Each year, we help thousands of authors with the precise services they need to publish novels, how - to and self - help titles, memoirs, children's books, poetry and short - story collections.

Erma Odrach is the author of Alaska or Bust, a collection of short stories about one of the world's last frontiers — Alaska and the Yukon.

David Biddle is the author of the novel Beyond the Will of God and two collections of short stories (Trying to Care and Implosions of America).

Speaking of hearts, there's one last reward of reviewing that I'd like to mention: that as an author myself, I know how heartwarming it is to receive an enthusiastic review for my own work, and the arrival of not one but two glowing reviews for my latest book, the collection of very short stories (aka flash fiction) has made my week already — and it's still only Tuesday.

As you likely already know... it's extremely difficult to get an agent or publisher for a novella... short story... or collection of short stories... unless you're already a well - published and / or award - winning author.

Most successful authors have a couple of novellas, short stories or short story collections, or anthologies that help line their pockets after they've created their own fanbase.

Bryan Thomas Schmidt is the author of the space opera novel The Worker Prince, the collection The North Star Serial, and has several short stories forthcoming in anthologies and magazines.

From the celebrated twenty - nine - year - old author of the everywhere - heralded short - story collection St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves comes a blazingly original debut novel that takes us back to the swamps of the Florida Everglades, and introduces us to Ava Bigtree, an unforgettable young heroine.

Mr. Tall By Tony Earley Back Bay • $ 14.99 • ISBN 9780316246149 In his first collection in 20 years, the author of the lluminous novel Jim the Boy offers a novella and six short stories that showcase his talent for capturing the rhythms and characters of Southern life.

In this superb collection of short stories, the bestselling author of Open House and Talk Before Sleep takes us into the times in women's lives when memories and events cohere to create a sense of wholeness, understanding, and change.

A collection of short - stories from widely acclaimed author Haruki Murakami.

She is the author of 14 books: 6 novels, 5 short story collections, and 3 works of non-fiction.

Brock Clarke is the author of seven books of fiction, most recently a collection of short stories, The Price of the Haircut.

She is the author of two collections of short stories, Big World (Short Flight / Long Drive Books, 2009), and Always Happy Hour (Liveright / Norton, 2017), as well as a novel, The Last Days of California (Liveright / Norton, 2short stories, Big World (Short Flight / Long Drive Books, 2009), and Always Happy Hour (Liveright / Norton, 2017), as well as a novel, The Last Days of California (Liveright / Norton, 2Short Flight / Long Drive Books, 2009), and Always Happy Hour (Liveright / Norton, 2017), as well as a novel, The Last Days of California (Liveright / Norton, 2014).

Billed as «A Conversation» between Patchett and her friend and fellow writer Edith Pearlman (whose short story collection is a finalist in this year's National Book Awards), watching two authors chat before a considerable crowd in the War Memorial Auditorium was a glimpse into the writer's world that stood out from the crowd of readings and panel discussions.

Sheryn is also a contributing author for A Kind of Mad Courage: Short Stories About Mothers, (S) mothers & Others, a gorgeously eclectic collection of tales that will make you laugh, cry, and truly appreciate the «mad courage» of motherhood.

It seems that there might be an incentive to write shorter books to trigger credits sooner, and it seems like authors might prefer to write «modular» books — short story collections instead of novels — if readers» attention is divided.

In addition to political thriller The Hidden Light of Mexico City, Carmen Amato is the author of the Emilia Cruz mystery series set in Acapulco, including Cliff Diver, Hat Dance, Diablo Nights, and the collection of short stories Made in Acapulco.

I actually thought the tale was going to be about the producers of rubbish short story collections that are downloaded to read on Amazon, same stories in a different order with a different title every week, by click farms, in order that the authors make money on the basis of pages read.

A horrific story emerged this week from a debut author who was «fired» by a Big Six publisher just before her novel's launch, because she self - epubbed a collection of previously published short stories.

Keith Brooke is author of fourteen novels, six collections and over 70 short stories; he has also edited several anthologies and an academic book on science fiction.

For a taste of up - and - coming authors, check out the short stories in the New Yorker, as well as the numerous collections of best short stories published annually.

His experiences inspired a collection of short stories, Ashenden, which apparently influenced Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond books.

Allison Amend, a graduate of the Iowa Writers» Workshop, is the author of the Independent Publisher's Award - winning short story collection Things That Pass for Love and the novel Stations West, which was a finalist for the 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the Oklahoma Book Award.

Oh, cofounder of We Need Diverse Books, has compiled a collection of short stories by well - known authors.

Nancy Reisman is the author of The First Desire; House Fires, a short story collection that won the 1999 Iowa Short Fiction Award; and Trompe L'short story collection that won the 1999 Iowa Short Fiction Award; and Trompe L'Short Fiction Award; and Trompe L'Oeil.

In the past, authors who pen short stories had to submit their stories to collections publishers, and those anthologies are typically only published periodically; barring that, the author could try to submit a full collection of his own works, of which few are traditionally published and almost never from a debut author.

Elizabeth Cox is the author of several collections of poetry, short stories, and three other novels: The Ragged Way People Fall Out of Love, Night Talk (winner of the Lillian Smith Award and a finalist for the IMPAC Dublin... (more)

He is the author of three novels and a collection of short stories; his work has been translated into at least 14 languages.

John Updike's first collection of new short fiction since the year 2000, My Father's Tears finds the author in a valedictory mood as he mingles narratives of his native Pennsylvania with stories of New England suburbia and of foreign travel.

He is also the author of Songbook, a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award, and editor of the short - story collection Speaking with the Angel.

Authors would publish a series of serialized short stories sold for small sums and later sold as a collection.

Pulitzer Prize - winning author Junot Díaz's 2012 collection of short stories, This Is How You Lose Her, was one of the best books of last year, and depending on who you talk to (me, for example), the best book.

And in the case of this collection of nine short stories (seven of which were published previously in periodicals) that it took the author ten - plus years to complete, the subjects of which are men who keep cheating on their girlfriends and fee