The Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the very best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected--and most popular--of its kind.

The Best American Mystery Stories 2005 includes

Scott Turow - Edward P. Jones - Louise Erdrich - Dennis Lehane - Daniel Handler - Laura Lippman - George V. Higgins - David Means - Richard Burgin - Scott Wolven - Stuart M. Kaminsky - and others

Joyce Carol Oates, guest editor, is a highly respected novelist, critic, playwright, poet, and short story writer. She is the author of numerous books, including the National Book Award winner Them and most recently the novel The Falls.

Author: Joyce Carol Oates, Otto Penzler
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 10/05/2005
Series: Best American Series (R)
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.56w x 0.93d
ISBN: 9780618517459
2005 Edition


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/22/2005 pg. 40
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2005 pg. 886
Ingram Advance 10/01/2005 pg. 95
Booklist 09/01/2005 pg. 68

About the Author
Oates, Joyce Carol: -

JOYCE CAROL OATES is the recipient of the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction and the winner of the National Book Award. Among her major works are We Were the Mulvaneys, Blonde, and The Falls.

Oates, Joyce Carol: -

JOYCE CAROL OATES is the recipient of the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction and the winner of the National Book Award. Among her major works are We Were the Mulvaneys, Blonde, and The Falls.

Penzler, Otto: - OTTO PENZLER is a renowned mystery editor, publisher, columnist, and owner of New York's The Mysterious Bookshop, the oldest and largest bookstore solely dedicated to mystery fiction. He has edited more than fifty crime-fiction anthologies. He lives in New York.