New Stories From Our Shores

Amanda Davis writes compelling short stories, featured in her collections Lit Riffs and New Stories From Our Shores. Her work offers readers a fresh perspective on contemporary life.

Dave Eggers is the author of six previous books, including his most recent, Zeitoun, a nonfiction account of a Syrian-American immigrant and his extraordinary experience during Hurricane Katrina and What Is the What, a finalist for the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award. That book, about Valentino Achak Deng, a survivor of the civil war in southern Sudan, gave birth to the Valentino Achak Deng Foundation, run by Mr. Deng and dedicated to building secondary schools in southern Sudan. Eggers...

John Brandon is the author of books including Arkansas, A Million Heavens, and Citrus County. His writing appears in collections such as New Stories From Our Shores and McSweeneys Rectangulars. He focuses on contemporary fiction set in the American South.

Michael Gillis is the author of New Stories From Our Shores. He writes short fiction that explores coastal life and local history.

Wayne Harrison is the author of The Spark and the Drive, PI School, and Game Situation Training for Soccer. He also contributed to the collection New Stories From Our Shores. His writing spans both fiction and instructional sports guides.