Don DeLillo a finalist for short story award

(AP/CBS) Author Don DeLillo is no stranger to literary awards but this is the first time he is being considered for a short-story prize.

His first book of short stories, "The Angel Esmeralda" is a finalist for the Story Prize, given annually since 2004 for the best story collection.

DeLillo, 75, is best known for the novels "Underworld," "White Noise" and "Libra." He has written more than a dozen novels, five plays and dozens of short stories and essays. He has won the National Book Award for "White Noise" and has twice been nominated for Pulitzer Prize.

The other nominees announced Wednesday also have had long careers: Edith Pearlman, whose "Binocular Vision" was a finalist last fall for the National Book Award; and Steven Millhauser, author of "We Others" and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1997 for the novel "Martin Dressler."

The Story Prize winner, to be announced March 21, will receive $5,000.