Molly Giles is a short story

Short story

A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...

 writer

Writer

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 and professor at the University of Arkansas

University of Arkansas

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. She formerly taught at San Francisco State University

San Francisco State University

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. She is the author of Creek Walk and Other Stories (ISBN 0-684-85287-X) published in 1997 and the novel Iron Shoes (ISBN 0-641-71965-5) published in 2000. Her story collection Rough Translations won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction

Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction

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 and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize

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. She also appears in Sudden Fiction (Continued) (60 New Short-Short Stories)

Sudden Fiction (Continued)

Sudden Fiction : 60 New Short Stories is a collection of short stories published in 1996. It was compiled and edited by Robert Shapard and James Thomas...

. Her short stories have been translated into Spanish.

External links

• Interview with Molly Giles
• A Spanish translation of Giles's short story in Literal, Latin American Voices
• the University of Arkansas