Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: Tales from Earthsea is a collection of short stories by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin , first published in 2001 .
Simplified: Tales from Earthsea , by Ursula K. Le Guin , written in 2001 , is a collection of short stories from Le Guin 's Earthsea series .