Dewberry. They ended their marriage in July 2007 (The Washington Post reported that they were officially divorced on July 19), according to an email Butler sent to his graduate students and fellow professors at Florida State University about Dewberry's decision to leave him for communications mogul Ted Turner. A controversy arose over the highly personal revelations in Butler's email, which was leaked by one of its recipients and subsequently reported on by major international media outlets, such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, and National Public Radio. On November 22, 2011, Butler married Kelly Lee Daniels, now known professionally as Kelly Lee Butler. They divorced in April 2020. Bibliography Novels The Alleys of Eden (1981) Sun Dogs (1982) Countrymen of Bones (1983) On Distant Ground (1985) Wabash (1987) The Deuce (1989) They Whisper (1994) The Deep Green Sea (1997) Mr. Spaceman (2000) Fair Warning (2002) Hell (2009) A Small Hotel (2011) The Hot Country (2012) The Star of Istanbul (2013) The Empire of Night (2014) Perfume River: A Novel (2016) Paris in the Dark (2018) Late City (2021) Short story collections A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain (1992) Tabloid Dreams (1996) Had a Good Time: Stories from American Postcards (2004) Severance (2006) Intercourse (2008) Weegee Stories (2010) Non-fiction From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction (2005) Anthologies The Best American Short Stories 1991 (1991) The Best American Short Stories 1992 (1992) The Best American Short Stories 1994 (1994) Other publications Introduction to Vietnam War Literature: A Catalogue (1990) The Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories 2004 (2005) The Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories 2005 (2006) The Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories 2007 (2007) The Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories 2008 (2008) The Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories 2009 (2011) See also Best American Short Stories 1991 (1991) References External links General Faculty page at FSU Robert Olen Butler Fiction Prize Author page, UK publisher (No Exit Press) Author page at Narrative Magazine Work Inside Creative Writing: Watch a Pulitzer Prize Winner Create an Original Story Butler article for the U.S. Department of State website about his postcard-inspired fiction Links to three stories published in Zoetrope: All-Story Excerpt from "Mother in the Trenches" Non-fiction article about Saigon, written for Condé Nast Traveler Short Short Theory, an essay on the very short story form, at Narrative Magazine. Interviews Interview with Dave Weich of Powells.com Interview with Jessica Murphy