Gina Berriault was an American novelist and short story writer. She published four novels and three short story collections, including the collection Women in Their Beds, which won the PEN/Faulkner award for fiction and a National Book Critics Circle Award. Berriault was also the recipient of a Rea Award for the Short Story, a Gold Medal from the Commonwealth Club of California, a Pushcart Prize, and several O'Henry prizes.

"The seven stories-"Infinite Passion of Expectation" "Tea Ceremony," "The Mistress," "The Overcoat," "Stolen Pleasures," "Works of the Imagination," and "Women in Their Beds"- offer a glimpse into the oeuvre of one of the most celebrated voices in American letters. Each palm-size book in the Counterpoints series is meant to stay with you, whether safely in your pocket or long after you turn the last page. From short stories to essays to poems, these little books celebrate our most-beloved writers, whose work encapsulates the spirit of Counterpoint Press: cutting-edge, wide-ranging, and independent"--