Alice Munro, Canadian short-story writer who gained international recognition with her exquisitely drawn narratives. The Swedish Academy dubbed her a 'master of the contemporary short story' when it awarded her the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013. His notable works: Dance of the Happy Shades, Runaway, Dear Life, The Lives of Girls and Women, The View from Castle Rock, The Bear Came over the Mountain. Source: Encyclopedia of Britannica.