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Joseph Story Joseph Story
Joseph Story 1779-1845, American jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1811-45), b. Marblehead, Mass. Admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1801, he practiced law in Salem and was several times elected to the Massachusetts legislature. He served briefly in the U.S. Congress in 1808-9.... Read more
Mavis Gallant 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
Mary Mapes Dodge Mary Mapes Dodge
Mary Mapes Dodge 1831-1905, American writer of children's stories, b. New York City. During her lifetime she was the acknowledged leader in the field of juvenile fiction. Her story Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates (1865) has become a children's classic. From 1873 until her death she edited and... Read more
Damon Runyon 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
Shirley Jackson Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson 1919-65, American writer, b. San Francisco. She is best known for her stories and novels of horror and the occult, rendered more terrifying because they are set against realistic, everyday backgrounds. Her works include "The Lottery" (a short story first published in The New... Read more
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1852-1930, American author, b. Randolph, Mass. Her stories and novels paint a picture of Massachusetts and Vermont still under the influence of Puritanism, in her view, a philosophy made rigid by time. Her short story collections include A Humble Romance and Other... Read more
Nadine Gordimer Nadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer , 1923-, South African writer, b. Springs. She published her first short story at age 15 and later many of her stories appeared in The New Yorker magazine. Her stories often combine the political and the personal, showing a fine sensitivity to the complexities of human... Read more
O Henry O Henry
O. Henry pseud. of William Sydney Porter, 1862-1910, American short-story writer, b. Greensboro, N.C. He went to Texas in 1882 and worked at various jobs—as teller in an Austin bank (1891-94) and as a newspaperman for the Houston Post. In 1898 an unexplained shortage in the Austin bank... Read more
Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker (Dorothy Rothschild Parker), 1893-1967, American short-story and verse writer, b. West End, N.J. While serving as drama critic for Vanity Fair (1916-17) and book critic for The New Yorker (1927), she gained an almost legendary reputation for her sardonic wit. Her first volume of... Read more

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