John Cheever was an American novelist and short story writer. He is best known for his stories about the residents of a fictional suburb of New York City, which were collected in the Pulitzer Prize-winning collection The Stories of John Cheever. His other works include the novels The Wapshot Chronicle and Falconer. The term TESH is an acronym for 'The Stories of John Cheever, ' which is a collection of short stories written by John Cheever.