{"product_id":"the-best-american-mystery-stories-2005-9780618517459","title":"The Best American Mystery Stories 2005","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Best American Mystery Stories 2005 includes \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScott 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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoyce 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOates, Joyce Carol:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJOYCE 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 \u003ci\u003eWe Were the Mulvaneys, Blonde, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Falls. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOates, Joyce Carol:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJOYCE 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 \u003ci\u003eWe Were the Mulvaneys, Blonde, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Falls. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePenzler, Otto:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - 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.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50326522528018,"sku":"9780618517459","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0025b051-652a-4210-a3bc-7166bbf9e22c.jpg?v=1727703373","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-best-american-mystery-stories-2005-9780618517459","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}