Richard Russo, author portrait
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Richard Russo

RICHARD RUSSO is the author of nine novels, most recently Somebody's FoolChances 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. He lives in Port­land, ME.
Life and Art
Somebody's Fool
Triage
Chances Are . . .
Sh*tshow
The Destiny Thief
Trajectory
Everybody's Fool
The Mysteries of Linwood Hart
Elsewhere
That Old Cape Magic
Bridge of Sighs
The Whore's Child
Empire Falls
Straight Man
The Risk Pool
Nobody's Fool
Mohawk

Books

Life and Art
Somebody's Fool
Triage
Chances Are . . .
Sh*tshow
The Destiny Thief
Trajectory
Everybody's Fool
The Mysteries of Linwood Hart
Elsewhere
That Old Cape Magic
Bridge of Sighs
The Whore's Child
Empire Falls
Straight Man
The Risk Pool
Nobody's Fool
Mohawk

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