But his beginnings as a short-story writer are less well known.

He was also a short-story writer, a poet and a broadcaster.

But it also leaves the impression that this new novelist may be a short-story writer at heart.

"And I'm curious about the longer form," the short-story writer was saying.

The novelist was looking back at the short-story writer, expressionless.

If you are a natural short-story writer, stay with it.

Her books sell about 25,000 to 30,000 copies a year, very good for a short-story writer.

The same can be said of every short-story writer who ever lived.

"Probably the best short-story writer during the 50s to the mid-1960s working in any field."

"There is a very real community of American short-story writers," she said.