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"Short stories are wonderful and extremely challenging, and the joy of them, because it only takes me three or four months to write, I can take more risks with them. It's just less of your life invested." -- Anthony Doerr
Anthony Doerr (born Cleveland, Ohio in 1973) is an American fiction writer. He majored in history at Bowdoin College and earned an MFA from Bowling Green State University.

Many of the stories in Shell Collector, take place in Africa and New Zealand, where he has worked and lived.In a 2004 online interview for the Washington Post, Doerr mentioned that his next work may involve occupied France during World War II and their subversive use of radios against the Nazis.The struggles in writing this book are documented in his newest book, a non-fiction memoir entitled Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World.This book was published by Scribner in the US in 2007 and by Fourth Estate in the UK in 2008. He also writes a column on science books for the Boston Globe and is a contributor to The Morning News.

Doerr is married with twin sons and lives in Boise, Idaho. He is considered the 'writer-in-residence' for the state of Idaho.

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Total Books: 91
The Shell Collector
2019 - The Shell Collector (Audio CD)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781721343751
ISBN-10: 172134375X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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About Grace
2015 - About Grace (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781476789019
ISBN-10: 1476789010
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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The Shell Collector Stories
2011 - The Shell Collector Stories (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781439190050
ISBN-10: 1439190054
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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