Sentences with phrase «writers of short story collections»

Many writers of short story collections eventually get frustrated and decide to publish their own collections.

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This collection of short stories by a National Book award - winning writer, «feature telepathic zoo animals, a zealous toy collector and an eavesdropping Abraham Lincoln,» reports the FT.. Other commentators agree it's a whole lot of fun, while still managing to be moving and insightful.

Without a doubt, our best short - story writer, this is my favourite collection of Munro's work.

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.

Full marks to Gollancz for publishing this collection of stories by one of Britain's consistently finest science fiction writers — but it, and other book publishers, would be doing themselves, writers and readers a favour by providing more outlets for short fiction.

Based on short stories from the 2009 collection «Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It» by American writer Maile Meloy, Reichardt's latest feature, Certain Women, displays the struggle for connection of three women whose loneliness mirrors the economic and spiritual malaise gripping a part of 21st century America.

«Rust and Bone» Synopsis: An adaptation of Canadian writer Craig Davidson «s 2005 short story collection which depicts a savage world populated by afflicted prizefighters, fighting dogs, amputee sex addicts, and gamblers.

Adapted from the James Joyce story of the same name (it has featured in the acclaimed Irish writer's short works collection Dubliners), The Dead was Huston's 37th feature film as a director, and came just two years after his final Academy Award ® nomination for Prizzi's Honor.

Fiction writer Danielle Lazarin discusses five journals that have published her short stories, some of which appear in her debut collection, Back Talk, forthcoming from Penguin Books in February.

As writer Denise Barnes recently remarked to me at the Romantic Novelists Association annual conference, where I was a guest speaker, there's not that big a leap from writing themed collections of short stories to producing a novel.

«My Parents» Bedroom,» a story from his short story collection, Say You're One of Them, was one of five short stories by African writers chosen as finalists for The Caine Prize for African Writing 2007.

In his excellent debut short - story collection, Southern writer Thomas Pierce features a cast of characters caught up in the pain and beauty that can be found in all close relationships.

This ever idiosyncratic writer hasn't published a work of fiction since 2006, so this collection of short stories is highly anticipated.

When so many fiction writers crowd their stories and novels with hundreds of characters and thousands of extraneous details, it's calming to settle into Lynch's rich, tightly focused narratives... The old and the new, the living and the dead: this collection of short stories is a trove of carefully observed lives.

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.

Joyride to Jupiter by Nuala O'Connor I was a short story writer before I was a novelist and so I love finding new collections of strong - voiced, startling, perfectly calibrated little gems.

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.

This huge new collection of the short stories of one of Science Fiction's most beloved and popular writers is sure to please his millions of fans.

In 1997 he published a collection of short stories, Love and Longing in Bombay, which won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book (Eurasia region); was short - listed for the Guardian Fiction Prize; and was included in a number of «notable books of the year» lists.

A collection of Edgar Allen Poe short stories and poetry each followed by commentary from a current leading mystery / thriller writer.

We also craft a collection of free writer tips, articles and sci - fi short stories.

Perhaps one for a magazine who publishes several short stories per issue, one for an agent who just got done working with Madonna on a book of short stories, and one for a publisher who has published short story collections and anthologies in the past, but since we don't know any of those writers, this would be a cold call type of letter so to speak given we don't know the publisher either, but yet we know he publishes short stories.

Mission statement: Ten things I believe about writing Breaking through writer's block, or, how I started writing and publishing short stories How I published a short story collection Writing with a day job, part 1: Why I don't write full - time Writing with a day job, part 2: Work / work balance Networking, part 1: Social media and connection Networking, part 2: Thoughts on conventions How I wrote three novels and binned two of them Querying agents Signing with a literary agent My query letter for Sorcerer to the Crown Revising the novel (again and again and again) Going on submission Selling the novel Love and resource

Though many writers have helped to shape the history of flash fiction, Ernest Hemingway's first short - story collection, In Our Time, easily makes him one of the form's primary pioneers.

Cho was a 2013 nominee for the Campbell Award for Best New Writer, joint winner of the Crawford Award for her short story collection Spirits Abroad (Buku Fixi, 2014) and winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer for her debut historical fantasy novel Sorcerer to the Crown (Ace / Macmillan, 2015).

The debut collection of an O. Henry Award - winning short - story writer, Dogwalker assembles its cast from society's misfits: the disabled and the blind, the hapless and the troubled, and all species of mutants — including a giant slug that almost breaks up a marriage, a preponderance of three - legged dogs, and a family of circus freaks who look remarkably like cats.

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.

In «Illuminati,» one of the stories in Jim Gavin's short story collection, college dropout and writer, Sean, describes the experience of selling his first and only script.

He has published two novels, The Last Warner Woman and The Same Earth (unpublished in the U.S.), as well as several collections of poetry and a book of short stories, The Fear of Stones and Other Stories, which was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers» Prize for Best Firsstories, The Fear of Stones and Other Stories, which was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers» Prize for Best FirsStories, which was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers» Prize for Best First Book.

Now the acclaimed writer returns with Music for Wartime, an anticipated collection of short stories, several of which were inspired by the lives of her paternal grandparents.

In the tradition of Richard Ford, Annie Proulx, and Kent Haruf comes a dazzling debut story collection by a young writer from the American West who has been published in The New Yorker, Granta, and The Best American Short Stories.

Get in Trouble By Kelly Link Random House • $ 16 • ISBN 9780812986495 The acclaimed, award - winning short story writer returns with new weird and wonderful worlds in her fourth collection, which ranked # 21 on BookPage's Best Books of 2015.

This is Wisconsin writer Luke Geddes» first collection of short stories; Chômu Press is publishing it in July 2012.

Craig Cliff is the author of The Mannequin Makers, a novel, and A Man Melting, a collection of short stories, which won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers» Prize for Best First Book.

Our Self - Publishing Issue features a comprehensive collection of articles on the rise of the independent author, including an overview of options, expert advice, and important warnings for self - published writers; profiles of Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert, poet August Kleinzahler, and fiction writer Andre Dubus III; an essay on the short stories of Denis Johnson; tips on how to be a good literary citizen; and much more.

Hidden Depths is a collection of short stories produced by an online workshopping group formed by the Australian Writer's Centre.

At the Rumpus, fiction writer Rebecca Schiff talks about her process and the organization of her debut short story collection, The Bed Moved, as well as writing about sex, and the unexpected political conflicts that may arise from being a feminist and a fiction writer.

The writer should be interested in working on a full - length novel or a collection of short stories.

In this collection of sixteen short stories by writer and podcast producer Steve Spalding (Founders Saga, Steve Reads Stories), readers are introduced to The City, a world of Heroes, Villains, and the corporate powers charged with managing them.The City is a place where no Super Hero works without insurance, and even stopping crime has to be scheduled by anstories by writer and podcast producer Steve Spalding (Founders Saga, Steve Reads Stories), readers are introduced to The City, a world of Heroes, Villains, and the corporate powers charged with managing them.The City is a place where no Super Hero works without insurance, and even stopping crime has to be scheduled by anStories), readers are introduced to The City, a world of Heroes, Villains, and the corporate powers charged with managing them.The City is a place where no Super Hero works without insurance, and even stopping crime has to be scheduled by an Agent.

The PEN / Robert Bingham Fellowship for Writers honors an exceptionally talented fiction writer whose debut work — a novel or collection of short stories — represents distinguished literary achievement and suggests great promise.

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The St. Lawrence Book Award is open to any writer who has not yet published a full - length collection of short stories...

This Life writer and chick - lit novelist Amy Jenkins is pitching «a more reflective book about relationships», The Art of Losing, and a collection of short stories from Fischer, entitled Crushed Mexican Spiders, is also among the site's first titles.

James Lee Burke, a rare winner of two Edgar Awards, and named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty novels and two collections of short stories.

Ernest Hemingway Flash Fiction Prize Though many writers have helped to shape the history of flash fiction, Ernest Hemingway's first short - story collection, In Our Time, easily makes him one of the form's primary pioneers.

Rogers Writers» Trust Fiction Prize This prize for literary excellence offers a $ 25,000 first prize to the novel or short - story collection the judges determine is the year's best book of fiction.

Mirela is also a creative writer, currently working on a collection of short stories inspired by and on her travels.

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Since then she has been a full - time writer of fiction for readers of all ages, producing nine novels, a collection of humorous essays, a collection of short stories, two picture books for young children and numerous stories included in anthologies.

Three gifted writers and one internationally acclaimed animal photographer combine their talents in this heartwarming, encouraging collection of short stories and inspirational lessons every dog lover should own.