Her collections include Varieties of Disturbance, Can't and Won't, and Break It Down.  
One work by this author is a series of get well letters to a fourth grader who suffers from osteomyelitis and is hospitalized after being hit by a car. This author wrote about a woman who hears the screams of her downstairs neighbors which she attributes to the neighbor's orgasms when masturbating with a musical instrument. In addition to "Mildred and her Oboe" and "We Miss You," this author wrote a story in which a man tallies how much money he spent each day that he was with his lover in a hotel. A story that consists entirely of the (*) sentences, "She knows she is in Chicago. But she does not yet realize she is in Illinois," explains why she is frequently called "the world's most concise short story writer." Her collections include Varieties of Disturbance, Can't and Won't, and Break It Down.  For 10 points, name this American author, who also produced acclaimed English translations of Swann's Way in 2002 and Madame Bovary in 2010.
One work by this author is a series of get well letters to a fourth grader who suffers from osteomyelitis and is hospitalized after being hit by a car.
Lydia Davis