The Story Prize

ADAM JOHNSON is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Orphan Master's Son. He teaches creative writing at Stanford University. His fiction has appeared in Esquire, The Paris Review, Harper's, Tin House, Granta, and Playboy, as well as The Best American Short Stories. His other works include Emporium, a short-story collection, and the novel Parasites Like Us. He lives in San Francisco. --https://www.facebook.com/pg/adamjohnsonbooks/about/

Elizabeth McCracken is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature. She's a writer whose work has been featured in widely used educational texts.

Larry Dark is the editor behind collections like The O. Henry Awards prize stories, 2002 and Prize stories, 2000, and is associated with The Story Prize. His own writing includes The Literary Traveler and Literary Outtakes, offering readers a blend of essays and short works.

Mary Gordon is the author behind the Prentice Hall Literature -- Platinum series. Her work focuses on literature education, making classic and contemporary texts accessible to students.

Rick Bass writes powerful short stories, with his work recognized by The Story Prize. He also explores the natural world in his essays, including the collection Astoria to Zion.