Authors like Lauren Groff

The Best American Short Stories 2008, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Heidi Pitlor and by guest editor Salman Rus

Jill Collins McCorkle is an American short story writer and novelist.

Joshua Ferris is an American author best known for his debut 2007 novel Then We Came to the End. The book is a comedy about the American workplace,

Danielle Evans is an American fiction writer. She is a graduate of Columbia University and the University of Iowa. In 2011, she was honored by the

Jim Shepard (born 1956) is an American novelist and short story writer, who teaches creative writing and film at Williams College.

Shepard wa

Steve Almond (born October 27, 1966) is an American short-story writer, essayist and author of ten books, three of which are self-published.

David Liss is an American writer of novels, essays and short fiction; more recently working also in comic books. He was born in New Jersey and grew

Lori Ostlund is an American short story writer. She graduated from Minnesota State University, Moorhead and from the University of New Mexico with

Apalachee Review is an American literary journal based in Tallahassee, Florida. The journal, originally the Apalachee Quarterly, was founded in 19

Christine Sneed is an American novelist and short story writer, a graduate fiction professor at Northwestern University and for Regis University's

Ann Packer (born 1959) is an American novelist and short story writer, perhaps best known for her critically acclaimed first novel The Dive From Cl

Richard Russo (July 15, 1949) is an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and teacher.

Russo was born in Johnstown, New York,

Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern is an American literary journal, typically containing short stories, reportage, and illustrations. Some issue

Ron Rash, is an American poet, short story writer and novelist, is the Parris Distinguished Professor in Appalachian Cultural Studies at Western Ca

Charles Morley Baxter (born May 13, 1947) is an American novelist, essayist, and poet.

Baxter was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to John an

Maggie Shipstead is an American novelist, short story author, essayist, and travel writer. She is the author of Seating Arrangements (2012) Astoni

Karen Russell (born July 10, 1981) is an American novelist and short story writer. Her debut novel, Swamplandia!, was a finalist for the 2012 Puli