Freelance journalist by trade, Proulx wrote short stories that are a testament to her observation skills and attention to details. Her stories are born out of immaculate research which engenders stories peppered with numerous realistic minutiae...
Annie Proulx wrote The Half-Skinned Deer for an anthology of short stories called Off the Beaten Path. It was inspired by a visit she had made to a preserve run by the Nature Conservancy after they had invited her to look around the park and to...
Published in 1993, The Shipping News is a novel written by Annie Proulx. The protagonist, Quoyle, works in New York as a newspaper pressroom staffer, but soon after both his parents committed suicide together, Quoyle’s life quickly falls apart....