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A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer and series editor Heidi Pitlor.


Andrew Sean Greer, “an exceptionally lovely writer, capable of mingling humor with sharp poignancy” (Washington Post), selects twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year. 

ISBN: 9780358724391
Imprint: Mariner Books
On Sale: Nov 1, 2022
List price: $18.5
No of pages: 352
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Heidi Pitlor

Biography

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, The Daylight Marriage, and Impersonation.

Andrew Sean Greer

Biography

Andrew Sean Greer is the bestselling author of The Story of a Marriage and The Confessions of Max Tivoli, which was a Today book club selection and received a California Book Award. He lives in San Francisco.

Reynaldo Piniella

Shawn K. Jain

Carolina Hoyos

Cherise Boothe

Cindy Kay

A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer and series editor Heidi Pitlor.


Andrew Sean Greer, “an exceptionally lovely writer, capable of mingling humor with sharp poignancy” (Washington Post), selects twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year. 

ISBN: 9780358724391
Imprint: Mariner Books
On Sale: Nov 1, 2022
List price: $18.5
No of pages: 352
Trim Size:
BISAC 1: FICTION / Literary
BISAC 2: FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors)
BISAC 3: LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays
BISAC 4:
BISAC 5:
BISAC 6:

Heidi Pitlor

Biography

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, The Daylight Marriage, and Impersonation.

Andrew Sean Greer

Biography

Andrew Sean Greer is the bestselling author of The Story of a Marriage and The Confessions of Max Tivoli, which was a Today book club selection and received a California Book Award. He lives in San Francisco.

Reynaldo Piniella

Shawn K. Jain

Carolina Hoyos

Cherise Boothe

Cindy Kay