Sweet Talk Stories

Stephanie Vaughn is a writer's writer, one whose debut collection of stories, Sweet Talk, was published more than two decades ago to critical acclaim. Readers have come to these stories over the years through word of mouth, posting glowing reviews to their Goodreads pages and on their blogs-unanimously agreeing that this collection is a modern classic that deserves to be in print. Crafted in graceful, honest prose, Vaughn's stories go straight to the heart of how people live, grow and survive.

Stephanie Vaughn was born in Millersburg, Ohio, and grew up in Ohio, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, the Philippine Islands, and Italy. She was educated at Ohio State University, the University of Iowa (Writers’ Workshop), and Stanford University, where she was a Stegner Fellow and later the Jones Lecturer in Creative Writing. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Redbook, Antaeus, and O. Henry and Pushcart Prize collections. She has also written the introduction for an edition of Willa Cather’s My Ántonia. Stephanie Vaughn teaches English at Cornell University.