Richard Russo Books

Richard Russo is an American novelist and memoirist whose fiction often explores small-town life, family ties, work, and the changing fortunes of working-class communities. His novels include Nobody’s Fool, Straight Man, Bridge of Sighs, and Empire Falls, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2002. He has also written the memoir Elsewhere and the novel Chances Are…. Before focusing on writing, Russo taught literature at several colleges and universities, an experience that informs the academic settings of some of his work.