Bill Roorbach is the author of many books of fiction and nonfiction. His novels include The Smallest Color , The Remedy for Love, and Life Among Giants . One of his story collections, Big Bend , won both the Flannery O’Connor and O. Henry prizes. His work has been featured in Harper’s , the Atlantic , the New York Times Magazine and was one of NPR’s Selected Shorts . I caught up with him recently through Skype at his home in Maine and we spoke his new collection of stories, The Girl of the Lake