
Richard Russo
Richard Russo is the author of ten novels, most recently "Somebody’s Fool", "Chances Are . . ." , "Everybody’s Fool", and "That Old Cape Magic"; two collections of stories; and the memoir "Elsewhere" . In 2002, he received the Pulitzer Prize for "Empire Falls", which, like "Nobody’s Fool", won multiple awards for its screen adaptation, and in 2023 his novel "Straight Man" was adapted into the television series "Lucky Hank". In 2017, he received France’s Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine. Richard lives in Portland, ME.