Edward J. O'Brien

Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1890 - 1941) was an American poet, prose author, and anthologist.

Life
He was noted for compiling an annual collection of short stories by U.S. authors, The Best American Short Stories.

Fiction

 * Elizabethan Tales. Boston: Houghton, 1937.

Non-fiction

 * The Advance of the American Short Story. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1923.

Edited

 * The Great Modern English Stories: An anthology. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1919.
 * Modern English Short Stories. London: Jonathan Cape, 1930.
 * The Twenty-five Finest Short Stories. New York: R.R. Smith, 1931.
 * The Short Story Case Book. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1935.
 * 50 Best American Short Stories 1915-1939. New York: Literary Guild of America, 1939.

Best Short Stories

 * The Best Short Stories of 1915, and the Yearbook of the American short story. Boston: Small, Maynard, 1916.
 * The Best Short Stories of 1916.. Boston: Houghton, 1916.
 * The Best Short Stories of 1917, and the Yearbook of the American short story. Boston: Small, Maynard, 1918.
 * The Best Short Stories of 1918, and the Yearbook of the American short story. Boston: Small, Maynard, 1919.
 * The Best Short Stories of 1921, and the Yearbook of the American short story. Boston: Small, Maynard, 1922.
 * The Best British Short Stories of 1922. Boston: Small, Maynard, 1922.
 * The Best Short Stories of 1926, and the Yearbook of the American short story. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1926.
 * The Best Short Stories of 1927, and the Yearbook of the American short story. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1927.
 * The Best Short Stories of 1931, and the Yearbook of the American short story. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1931.
 * The Best Short Stories of 1932, and the Yearbook of the American short story. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1932.


 * The Best Short Stories, 1939: English and American. London: Jonathan Cape, 1939.