Mon, Aug 01, 2011
Ann Packer’s Swim Back to Me contains six stories, two of which are openly linked, the rest linked by Packer’s distinctive narrative voice: man or woman, young or old, her narrators tend to be a little timid, either by nature or by circumstance, and are generally led by a more charismatic, exuberant force into action, usually to their consternation.
Mon, Aug 01, 2011
[Narrator] Alma Cuervo is outstanding. She has a very appealing, suitably imperious voice for the elderly Frances Rossiter, a famous set designer, who is remembering and relating her one true love affair in the story “Two Women
Tue, Mar 01, 2011
Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are Blockade Billy, Under the Dome, Just After Sunset, the Dark Tower novels, Cell, From a Buick 8, Everything's Eventual, Hearts in Atlantis, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, Lisey's Story and Bag of Bones. His acclaimed nonfiction book, On Writing, was recently re-released in a tenth anniversary edition. King was the recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2007 he was inducted as a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America.
Mon, Feb 28, 2011
Yiyun Li grew up in Beijing and came to the United States in 1996. Her stories and essays have been published in The New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, O Henry Prize Stories, and elsewhere. Her debut collection, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, PEN/Hemingway Award, Guardian First Book Award, and California Book Award for first fiction; it was also shortlisted for Kiriyama Prize and Orange Prize for New Writers. Her novel, The Vagrants, won the gold medal of California Book Award for fiction. She was selected by Granta as one of the 21 Best Young American Novelists under 35, and was named by The New Yorker as one of the top 20 writers under 40.
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
Deborah Ellis has spent extensive periods of time in refugee camps in Pakistan, working with refugees and researching her stories. She is the winner of the Governor General's Award in Canada, their equivalent of the Carnegie Medal.
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
lice Munro grew up in Wingham, Ontario, Canada and attended the University of Western Ontario. She has published eleven collections of stories and two volumes of selected stories, as well as a novel. During her distinguished career she has been the recipient of many awards and prizes in Canada, the United States and England. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The Paris Review, and other publications, and her collections have been translated into thirteen languages.
Mon, Mar 01, 2010
Lauren Groff was born in Cooperstown, New York, from which she drew inspiration for her first novel, The Monsters of Templeton. Her short stories have appeared in several literary publications, and she has won fellowships to the Vermont Studio Center and Yaddo. She received a Pushcart Prize for her story "Lucky Chow Fun."
Sun, Feb 28, 2010
Aravind Adiga was born in India in 1974 and attended Columbia and Oxford universities. A former correspondent for Time magazine, he has also been published in the Financial Times. He lives in Mumbai, India. His debut novel, The White Tiger, won the 2008 Man Booker Prize.
Fri, Jan 01, 2010
Sana Krasikov was born in Ukraine and grew up in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia and in the United States. Her debut collection was named a finalist for the 2009 PEN/Hemingway Award and The New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award. It received a National Book Foundation's "5 under 35" Award and won the 2009 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. She is the recipient of an O. Henry Award, a Fulbright Scholarship, and a National Magazine Award nomination. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The Virginia Quarterly, Epoch, Zoetrope, A Public Space, and elsewhere.
Fri, Jan 01, 2010
Popular mystery novelist James Lee Burke lives in Louisiana.
Mon, Mar 02, 2009
Ray Bradbury is America's foremost writer of science fiction and fantasy. Among his most popular adult books are Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine, and Death is a Lonely Business. In addition, he has written several books for children, including Switch on the Night.
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