Panelist - Richard Ford

Richard Ford

RICHARD FORD was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1944, and raised there and in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is the author of 5 novels, 3 collections of stories and numerous essays. His fiction, which is set virtually all over the American landscape (New Jersey, Montana, New Orleans, Chicago, Michigan, Maine) has appeared regularly in The New Yorker, and in past years in Esquire, and has been awarded the PEN-Faulkner Award, The Award for Merit in the Novel by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Pulitzer Prize.

Richard Ford is married to Kristina Ford. They have no children. They maintain residences in New Orleans, Montana and in Maine.

Bibliography:
A Multitude of Sins (stories), Knopf, 2002
Women With Men (stories), Vintage, 1997
Independence Day, Vintage, 1995
Wildlife, Vintage, 1990
Rock Springs (stories), Vintage, 1987
The Sportswriter, Vintage, 1986
The Ultimate Good Luck, Vintage, 1981
A Piece of My Heart, Vintage, 1976

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