 During the summer of 1948, O'Connor continued to work on "Wise Blood" at Yaddo, an artists' community in Saratoga Springs, New York, where she also completed several short stories.In 1949, O'Connor met and eventually accepted an invitation to stay with Robert Fitzgerald (a well-known translator of the classics) and his wife, Sally, in Ridgefield, Connecticut.O'Connor is primarily known for her short stories.