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	Charles Waddell Chesnutt Charles Waddell Chesnutt , 1858-1932, American author and lawyer, b. Cleveland, Ohio. In 1887 he was admitted to the Ohio bar. His short stories were first published in the Atlantic Monthly and syndicated newspapers. At first, his publishers withheld the fact that he was black. A sensitive... Read more
	Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu , 1814-73, Irish author. He spent his early career as a journalist. In 1863, he began producing a series of stories noted for their reflections of Irish life and supernatural, mysterious atmosphere. His two best works are the novels The House by the Churchyard (1863) and ... Read more
	Ring Lardner Ring Lardner (Ringgold Wilmer Lardner), 1885-1933, American humorist and short-story writer, b. Niles, Mich. He was a sports reporter in Chicago, St. Louis, and Boston from 1907 to 1919. His first collection of short stories, You Know Me, Al (1916) revealed his talent for the racy sports idiom he... Read more
	Lou Reed Lou Reed Singer, songwriter Velvet Tones Challenging His Audience Loss, Recovery, Reunion Hall of Fame and Reeling Selected discography Sources A 1995 story in Interviewdeclared, Read more
	Damon Runyon Damon Runyon (Alfred Damon Runyon), 1884-1946, American short story writer and journalist, b. Manhattan, Kans. He is best known for his humorous stories—written in a picturesque, slangy journalistic idiom (often referred to as Runyonese)—about New York City's Broadway and underworld... Read more
	R K Narayan R. K. Narayan (Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan) , 1906-2001, Indian novelist, b. Madras (now Chennai). Narayan, who wrote in English, published his first novel, Swami and Friends, in 1935. While he wrote hundreds of short stories for the Madras newspaper Hindu, he first came to international... Read more
	Willard Huntington Wright Wright, Willard Huntington (1888–1939), born in Virginia, was educated in California and at Harvard and became an editor of The Smart Set (1913–14), distinguishing himself as a sophisticated student of esoteric subjects. His writings, during this period in New York and a residence in... Read more
	L Frank Baum L. Frank Baum (Lyman Frank Baum) , 1856-1919, American journalist, playwright, and author of children's stories, b. Chittenango, N.Y. He and his family moved to South Dakota in 1888, where he ran a newspaper, and to Chicago in 1891, where he worked as a journalist. His first children's book, ... Read more
	Mavis Gallant Mavis Gallant (Mavis Leslie Gallant) , 1922-, Canadian writer, b. Montreal. A newspaper reporter in Canada (1944-50), she moved to Europe in 1950 and ultimately settled in Paris, where she has continued to live. She is acclaimed for her mastery of the short story and first published work appeared... Read more