Charles Baxter is the author of the novels The Feast of Love (nominated for the National Book Award), * The Soul Thief, Saul and Patsy, Shadow Play,and First Light,and the story collections Gryphon,* * Believers, A Relative Stranger, Through the Safety Net,and Harmony of the World . The stories &qu...

Charles Baxter is the author of the novels The Feast of Love (nominated for the National Book Award), * The Soul Thief, Saul and Patsy, Shadow Play,and First Light,and the story collections Gryphon,* * Believers, A Relative Stranger, Through the Safety Net,and Harmony of the World . The stories "Bravery" and "Charity," which appear in * There's Something I Want You to Do,were included in Best American Short Stories. He has won the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. Baxter lives in Minneapolis and teaches at the University of Minnesota and in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.