Richard Russo

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Richard Russo is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his wry, character-driven depictions of small-town life, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel "Empire Falls."

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Richard Russo canonical 7

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instanceOf human
novelist
screenwriter
academicDegree Master of Fine Arts
PhD in English
awardReceived PEN/Faulkner Award finalist
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
awardReceivedFor Empire Falls
basedOn Northeastern United States mill towns (as settings)
countryOfBirth United States of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt University at Albany, SUNY
University of Arizona
employer Colby College
familyName Russo
fieldOfWork fiction writing
screenwriting
genre literary fiction
realist fiction
givenName Richard
hasWritten memoir
novels
screenplays
short stories
knownFor depictions of small-town American life
languageOfWorkOrName English
name Richard Russo
nationality American
notableWork Bridge of Sighs
Chances Are…
Elsewhere: A Memoir
Empire Falls
Everybody’s Fool
Mohawk
Nobody’s Fool
Straight Man
That Old Cape Magic
The Risk Pool
occupation novelist
screenwriter
short story writer
placeOfBirth Johnstown, New York
linked to: Johnstown
residence Portland, Maine
screenplayWritten Empire Falls (miniseries)
linked to: Empire Falls

Nobody’s Fool (film)
linked to: Nobody’s Fool
stateOfBirth New York
workLocation Maine
writingStyle character-driven
wry

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Keeping Mum writer Richard Russo
Keeping Mum screenplayBy Richard Russo
Empire Falls author Richard Russo
Nobody’s Fool (novel) author Richard Russo
subject linked to: Nobody’s Fool
Twilight (1998 film) writer Richard Russo
subject linked to: Twilight
Twilight (1998 film) screenplayBy Richard Russo
subject linked to: Twilight
Richard Russo name Richard Russo