The Best American Short Stories 2011

The Best American Series(R)
First, Best, and Best-Selling

The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind.

The Best American Short Stories 2011 includes

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Megan Mayhew Bergman, Jennifer Egan,
Nathan Englander, Allegra Goodman,
Ehud Havazelet, Rebecca Makkai, Steven Millhauser,
George Saunders, Mark Slouka, and others


Author: Heidi Pitlor
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 10/04/2011
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780547242163

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/05/2011
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2011
Booklist 10/15/2011 pg. 15

About the Author
Brooks, Geraldine: - Geraldine Brooks was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 2006 for her novel March. Her first novel, Year of Wonders, is an international bestseller, and her novel People of the Book was a New York Times bestseller translated into 20 languages. She is also the author of the nonfiction works Nine Parts of Desire and Foreign Correspondence.Pitlor, Heidi: - HEIDI PITLOR is a former senior editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and has been the series editor for The Best American Short Stories since 2007. She is the author of the novels The Birthdays and The Daylight Marriage.