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Jim Shepard
’s books include the novels
Project X
and
Nosferatu
and the story collection
Like You’d Understand, Anyway
, which won The Story Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Award.
 
John Updike
(1932-2009) wrote more than fifty books, including collections of stories, poems, essays, and criticism. His novels have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the American Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rosenthal Award, and the Howells Medal.
 
Katherine Vaz
is the author of the novels
Saudade
and
Mariana
and the story collections
Fado & Other Stories
, which won the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, and
Our Lady of the Artichokes
, which won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize.
 
Kellie Wells
is the author of the story collection
Compression Scars
, which won the Flannery O’Connor Prize, and the novel
Skin
.
 
Joy Williams
is the author of many books, including
The Quick and The Dead
, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize,
The Changeling
, a finalist for the National Book Award,
Honored Guest
, and
Taking Care
.
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