2009 Presenters
Richard Russo
Richard Russo's 2001 novel, Empire Falls, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2002 and was also adapted into the acclaimed HBO mini-series, starring Paul Newman, Ed Harris, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and Helen Hunt. He is also the author of seven novels including Mohawk, Nobody’s Fool, Straight Man, Bridge Of Sighs and his newest That Old Cape Magic and one collection of short stories, The Whore’s Child.
Richard Russo was born in Johnstown, New York and raised in nearby Gloversville. He earned a bachelor’s degree, a master’s in fine arts, and a Ph.D.
from the University of Arizona. Richard has also written numerous screenplays including Twilight (with Robert Benton), Keeping Mum (with Niall Johnson), and The Ice Harvest (with Robert Benton) as well as the teleplay for Empire Falls. His new novel, That Old Cape Magic, was published by Knopf in August. He has two daughters and lives with his wife in coastal Maine and Boston.
