This combination photo shows the cover of "Afterparties," left, and a portrait of author Anthony Veasna So. The author of the highly anticipated debut story collection to be published in August, has died. (Chris Sackes, right, and Ecco via AP)NEW YORK – The author of a highly anticipated debut story collection has died. Anthony Veasna So was 28. “The mind-frying hilarity of Anthony Veasna So’s first book of fiction settles him as the genius of social satire our age needs now more than ever," Karr wrote in a blurb for the book.