Esther Stories

About the Author

Peter Orner is the author of the acclaimed books Love and Shame and Love and The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo. Orner is also the editor of two books of oral history, Underground America and Hope Deferred: Narratives of Zimbabwean Lives. His work has appeared in The Best American Short Stories and been awarded two Pushcart Prizes. A 2006 Guggenheim Fellow, Orner was born in Chicago and now lives in San Francisco.