The first, Close Range: Wyoming, includes "The Half-Skinned Steer," and her most famous short story.  
This author's first book, chronicling Loyal Blood's journey through the American West, was Postcards. Another of this author's novels uses selections from Ashley Book of Knots to introduce each chapter. That book sees the main character move to Killick-Claw, in Newfoundland, where Quoyle writes the titular column for The Gammy Bird. She has written three  short story collections set in Wyoming, including Bad Dirt, and Fine Just the Way It Is. The first, Close Range: Wyoming, includes "The Half-Skinned Steer," and her most famous short story.  For 10 points, identify this author of The Shipping News, who wrote about the relationship between Jack Twist and Ennis del Mar in "Brokeback Mountain."
This author's first book, chronicling Loyal Blood's journey through the American West, was Postcards.
E. Annie {Proulx}