The Best American Mystery Stories 2002

Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to the twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind.
In his introduction to this year's collection, James Ellroy explores the differences between the novel and the short story. Included here are experts at both forms. Featuring renowned novelists like Stuart Kaminsky, Michael Connelly, Joe Gores, and Robert B. Parker, as well as veterans of this series like Brendan DuBois, Michael Downs, Joyce Carol Oates, and Clark Howard, this edition will delight readers with its wide variety and peerless quality.

Author: Otto Penzler, James Ellroy
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 10/15/2002
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.50w x 1.14d
ISBN: 9780618124930

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2002 pg. 1177
Publishers Weekly 09/09/2002 pg. 46
Booklist 09/15/2002 pg. 209

About the Author
Penzler, Otto: - OTTO PENZLER is a renowned mystery editor, publisher, columnist, and owner of New York's The Mysterious Bookshop, the oldest and largest bookstore solely dedicated to mystery fiction. He has edited more than fifty crime-fiction anthologies. He lives in New York.