Question: What is the birth date of the author whose short stories inspired the film "Certain Women?"
Context: Steve Thayer (b. (1953--) 23, 1953 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is an author whose work has been on The New York Times Best Seller list.  His birth date is March 23, 1952.  Thayer was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota and currently resides in Edina, Minnesota.  Thayer graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1976.  His books are classified as suspense genre.  The topics of his work include criminal investigations, conspiracies, murder, and kidnapping.Thayer's writing as been described as "gritty" and "fast-paced." Pokémon Generations (ポケモンジェネレーションズ , Pokemon Jenerēshonzu ) is a Japanese-animated original net animation series produced by OLM and released on YouTube by The Pokémon Company.  Similar to the 2013 anime television film, "Pokémon Origins", the series consists of several short stories inspired by Nintendo's "Pokémon" video game series, as opposed to its main television series.  A total of 18 episodes were produced, and were originally released in English on YouTube between September 16, 2016 and December 23, 2016.  Japanese episodes have also aired via YouTube. Gariyoshi (গৰীয়সী) is an Assamese language monthly literary magazine published by the Sahitya-Prakash, Tribune Building, Guwahati.  It was founded by Chandra Prasad Saikia, who was also the first editor.  The magazine is published monthly.  Current editor Dr. Lakshmi Nandan Bora assumed the post in April 2009.  Bora was preceded by Harekrishna Deka.  "Goriyoshi" is instrumental in nurturing and projecting several talented short story writers and poets including Dhanada Debi, Jayanta Kumar Chakraborty, Arnab Jan Deka, Manikuntala Bhattacharya, Birinchi Kumar Rabha, Jiban Narah, Neelim Kumar and others.  The magazine also collaborated with Katha International Short Story Festival in 2004 in creating All-India Katha-Goriyoshi Awards for best Assamese short stories.  Dhrubajyoti Sarma, Arnab Jan Deka and Ratna Bharali Talukdar had been the recipients of those awards, whose short stories had been translated into English and read over in presence of an international galaxy of story writers and literary critics at Katha International Short Story Festival 2004. Maile Meloy (born January 1, 1972) is an American fiction writer. Gilbert Valliant Byron was an American author, best known for his poems, short stories, novels, historical research, magazine and newspaper columns and articles detailing life on the Chesapeake Bay throughout the 20th century.  Byron, who was born in Chestertown, Maryland on July 12, 1903, is sometimes referred to as "The Voice of the Chesapeake" and as "the Chesapeake Thoreau," because he shares the same birth date with Walden Pond's Henry David Thoreau.  Gilbert Byron died shortly before his 88th birthday on June 25, 1991. Avril M. Joy is a British author whose short story "Millie and Bird" won the Costa Short Story Award in the 2012 Costa Book Awards. Clare Winger Harris (January 18, 1891 – October 1968) was an early science fiction writer whose short stories were published during the 1920s.  She is credited as the first woman to publish stories under her own name in science fiction magazines.  Her stories often dealt with characters on the "borders of humanity" such as cyborgs. Mary Caswell Orr (December 21, 1910 – September 22, 2006) was an American actress and author whose short story "The Wisdom of Eve", published in the May 1946 issue of "Cosmopolitan", was the basis of the Academy Award-winning film "All About Eve" (1950).  In private life, Orr used her married name, Mary Orr Denham. Paul Morand (March 13, 1888 – July 24, 1976) was a French author whose short stories and novellas were lauded for their style, wit and descriptive power.  His most productive literary period was the interwar period of the 1920s and 1930s.  He was much admired by the upper echelons of society and the artistic avant-garde who made him a cult favorite.  He has been categorized as an early Modernist and Imagist. Certain Women is a 2016 American drama film edited, written, and directed by Kelly Reichardt.  Based on three short stories from Maile Meloy's collections, "Half in Love" and "Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It", the film stars Laura Dern, Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams, Lily Gladstone, James Le Gros, and Jared Harris.
Answer: January 1, 1972