The 1905 publication of The Troll Garden, her first collection of stories, landed her a job as an editor at _McClure's Magazine_. She left _McClure's_ in 1912 to devote herself to writing full time, setting her stories on the Great Plains and depicting strong female characters such as Thea Kronborg 
The 1905 publication of The Troll Garden, her first collection of stories, landed her a job as an editor at _McClure's Magazine_. She left _McClure's_ in 1912 to devote herself to writing full time, setting her stories on the Great Plains and depicting strong female characters such as Thea Kronborg in _The Song of the Lark_ and Alexandra Bergson in _O Pioneers_. For ten points, name this author of _My Antonia_ and _Death Comes for the Archbishop_.
The 1905 publication of The Troll Garden, her first collection of stories, landed her a job as an editor at _McClure's Magazine_.
Willa {Cather}