![]() Russo was teaching in the English department at Southern Illinois University Carbondale when his first novel, Mohawk, was published, in 1986. The subject of his doctoral dissertation was the works of the early American writer, historian and editor Charles Brockden Brown. He earned a bachelor's degree, a Master of Fine Arts degree, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Arizona, which he attended from 1967 through 1979. Russo was born in Johnstown, New York, and raised in nearby Gloversville. In 2002, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for his novel Empire Falls. Richard Russo (July 15, 1949) is an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and teacher. Empire Falls, Nobody's Fool, Straight Man ![]()
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