Prize Jury for 2017: David Bradley, Elizabeth McCracken, and Brad Watson.
Laura J. Furman (born 1945) is an American author best known for her role as series editor for the O. Henry Awards prize story collection. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Mirabella, Ploughshares, Southwest Review. She has written three collections of stories (The Glass House, Watch Time Fly, and Drinking with the Cook), two novels (The Shadow Line and Tuxedo Park), and a memoir (Ordinary Paradise). She founded American Short Fiction, which was a three-time finalist for the National Magazine Award.