Description: Here is the complete collection of the author's stories previously published in "The New Yorker" between the years 1974-2006.
Brief description: Ann Beattie has been included in five O. Henry Award Collections, in The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Short Stories of the Century. She is the recipient of the PEN/Malamud Award for achievement in the short story. In 2005, she received the Rea Award for the Short Story. The former Edgar Allan Poe Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Virginia, she is a member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She and her husband, Lincoln Perry, live in Maine, Virginia, and Florida.
Review Quotes: "Beattie captures the milieu perfectly... An in-depth study of a subculture and a staggering almanac of emotions."--Entertainment Weekly