Following on from a previous post, I thought I’d list some remarkable short story writers alive today. I’m using the following criteria: 1) North American (that is, American or Canadian) 2) Alive 3) A woman 4) Known in some capacity as a short story writer. I’ve noticed in my reading habits I tend toward women writers anyway and would count the ten plus below as masters of the genre.
Top Ten
1. Alice Munro.
2. Antonya Nelson.
3. Andrea Barrett.
4. Ann Beattie.
5. Joyce Carol Oates.
6. Edith Pearlman.
7. Annie Proulx.
8. Lorrie Moore.
9. Mary Gaitskill.
10. Jhumpa Lahiri.
Others of note: Edwidge Danticat, Lauren Groff, Karen Russell, Roxane Gay, Jill McCorkle, Mona Simpson, Louise Erdich…
Any others you’d add to the list?
Christopher Linforth 