Katherine Anne Porter (1890 – 1980) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, essayist, short story writer, and political activist. She wrote several books, primarily short story collections such as Flowering Judas (Harcourt Brace, 1930), Pale Horse, Pale Rider (Harcourt Brace, 1939), and The Leaning Tower and Other Stories (Harcourt Brace...