Ron Carlson

Ron Carlson teaches creative writing at Arizona State and lives in Scottsdale. His stories, much anthologized, have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, Playboy, and other magazines.

Ron Carlson

Ron Carlson teaches creative writing at Arizona State and lives in Scottsdale. His stories, much anthologized, have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, Playboy, and other magazines.

Books by Ron Carlson

  • Betrayed by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    Ron Carlson

    Paperback, 1984

    “Ron Carlson’s novel is in the coming-of-age tradition, with the contemporary attributes of humor and cool. . . . I liked Larry for his unpretentiousness, his wry, caring angle on experience.” —New...
  • Truants: A Novel

    Ron Carlson

    Paperback, 1987

  • A Kind of Flying: Selected Stories

    Ron Carlson

    Paperback, 2004

    "These stories are full of surprises, jolts, and lightning strikes of recognition. Do yourself a favor and read Ron Carlson." —Stephen King
  • A Kind of Flying: Selected Stories

    Ron Carlson

    E Book, 2009

    "These stories are full of surprises, jolts, and lightning strikes of recognition. Do yourself a favor and read Ron Carlson." —Stephen King
  • The News of the World: Stories

    Ron Carlson

    Paperback, 1987

    These stories come at us from every direction. They are Ron Carlson's response to the eighties, the stories we will want by our sides as the decade ends.
  • The Hotel Eden: Stories

    Ron Carlson

    Paperback, 1997

    Prepare to be amused, moved, disturbed. These stories by a master of idiosyncrasy visit a world where wit has heft, charm has shadow, and human beings act out all the complicated nuances of love.
  • Plan B for the Middle Class: Stories

    Ron Carlson

    Paperback, 1992

    In The News of the World, Ron Carlson's celebrated last collection, it was widely noted that the news was good. Here, as everybody goes to Plan B, the news is stronger, edgy, and bittersweet.