{"product_id":"creek-walk-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Creek Walk and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMolly Giles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this breathtaking and unforgettable collection of fourteen stories, Molly Giles introduces us to women struggling in the everyday, and in elegant, poignant, and achingly true prose, observes the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMolly Giles,  with her keen eye and ear for a story, is soon to be an acclaimed writer of our times. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, Giles's first collection, \u003ci\u003eRough Translations, \u003c\/i\u003e received the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction and was published by the University of Georgia Press (1985). This same work also received the Boston Globe Award and the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award for Fiction. She has won numerous other writing awards, including a PEN Syndicated Fiction Award and a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Award.\u003cbr\u003eMs. Giles's fiction has been widely published in journals and magazines, including \u003ci\u003eRedbook, San Francisco Review of Books Literary Supplement, New England Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFive Fingers Review.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe won the National book Critics Circle Citation for Excellence in Book Reviewing in 1991. Her book reviews have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe has a masters degree in English and is an associate professor at San Francisco State University. Acknowledged by her well-known students for her keen eye and ear for a story and for her writing abilities, Giles has also taught such bestselling novelists as Amy Tan and Gus Lee in writing workshops. She lives in Woodacre, Calif\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 8.6 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 16, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761552425248,"sku":"9780684852874","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d4caf3cb151eff8e8586fb3df9b3bee3.webp?v=1780210289","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/creek-walk-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}