The Best American Seriesยฎ First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor,
The Best American Mystery Stories 2012
โ Scribed by Crais, Robert (editor)
- Book ID
- 108570664
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 304 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780547553986
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โฆ Synopsis
The Best American Seriesยฎ
First, Best, and Best-Selling
The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected โ and most popular โ of its kind.
The Best American Mystery Stories 2012 includes
Peter S. Beagle, Kathleen Ford, Mary Gaitskill, Lou Manfredo, Thomas McGuane,
Gina Paoli, T. Jefferson Parker, Kristine Kathryn Rusch,
Charles Todd, Daniel Woodrell, and others
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