American Short Stories Authors
Many people enjoy reading short stories from books, magazines, and collections, and short stories online have also become popular. Some people view short stories as less important and easier to write than novels, but this isn’t necessarily true. In fact, it takes a certain set of writing skills to create a good short story. Short fiction is much more concentrated than novels, for instance. Penning short stories is not for those without advanced writing skills, and in fact, some of the world’s best writers have written short stories, including famous American authors.
Many American authors are known for their novels and their short stories. These include greats like Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Eudora Welty, J.D. Salinger, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., John Updike, Stephen King, and William Faulkner. There are also several American authors who are known mainly for the works of short fiction. These include O. Henry, Flannery O’Connor, Washington Irving, and the master of the short story, Edgar Allan Poe.
Many readers prefer short stories over novels because they can get to the “good part” more quickly. They don’t have to invest hours or days in a plot like they would with a novel. Because American short stories are so popular, many have been made into movies.