A short story writer is someone who writes stories that are usually shorter than a novel. Two famous short story writers are Saki and Auth. Saki, whose real name was Hector Hugh Munro, was a British writer who wrote satirical stories during the early 20th century. Auth, whose real name was Arthur Ignatius Keller, was an American writer who wrote horror and fantasy stories during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.