Mark Richard is an American short storywriter, novelist, screenwriter, and poet.[1] He is the author of two award-winning short story collections, The Ice at the Bottom of the World and Charity, a bestselling novel, Fishboy, and House of Prayer No. 2: A Writer's Journey Home.[2]
Mark Richard was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and grew up in Texas and Virginia. As heard on the Diane Rehm Show on NPR: He grew up in the 1960s in a racially divided rural town in Virginia. His family was poor. He was born with deformed hips and spent years in and out of charity hospitals. When his father walked out, his mother withdrew further into a world of faith. In a new memoir "House of Prayer No. 2" he details growing up in the American South as a "The Special Child" and how the racial tensions and religious fervor of his home town animate his writing today.[3]
He is the recipient of the PEN/Ernest Hemingway Award, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, a Whiting Award, a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship, the Mary Francis Hobson Medal for Arts and Letters, and a National Magazine Award for Fiction. He has been writer-in-residence at the University of California Irvine, University of Mississippi, Arizona State University, the University of the South, Sewanee, and The Writer's Voice in New York. His journalism has appeared in The New York Times, Harper's, Spin, Esquire, George, Detour, Vogue, The Oxford American, and The Southern Review, and he has been a correspondent for the BBC.
^"Growing up in the Company of Books - the Life of Mark Richard".
^"Mark Richard: "House of Prayer No. 2"". February 9, 2011.
^White, Peter (June 24, 2020). "Showtime Pushes Back Abolitionist Miniseries 'The Good Lord Bird', Picks Up British Drama 'We Hunt Together' To Fill Slot". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. from the original on October 7, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^"'The Good Lord Bird' producer relishes new role at W&M".
mark, richard, american, short, story, writer, novelist, screenwriter, poet, author, award, winning, short, story, collections, bottom, world, charity, bestselling, novel, fishboy, house, prayer, writer, journey, home, born1955, lake, charles, louisiana, unite. Mark Richard is an American short story writer novelist screenwriter and poet 1 He is the author of two award winning short story collections The Ice at the Bottom of the World and Charity a bestselling novel Fishboy and House of Prayer No 2 A Writer s Journey Home 2 Mark RichardBorn1955 age 67 68 Lake Charles Louisiana United StatesOccupationauthor screenwriter poetGenrepoetry short stories television film Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 References 5 External linksEarly life editMark Richard was born in Lake Charles Louisiana and grew up in Texas and Virginia As heard on the Diane Rehm Show on NPR He grew up in the 1960s in a racially divided rural town in Virginia His family was poor He was born with deformed hips and spent years in and out of charity hospitals When his father walked out his mother withdrew further into a world of faith In a new memoir House of Prayer No 2 he details growing up in the American South as a The Special Child and how the racial tensions and religious fervor of his home town animate his writing today 3 He attended college at Washington and Lee University Career editHis first book the short story collection The Ice at the Bottom of the World won the 1990 PEN Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award His short stories have appeared in The New Yorker Harper s Esquire GQ The Paris Review The Oxford American Grand Street Shenandoah The Quarterly Equator and Antaeus He is the recipient of the PEN Ernest Hemingway Award a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship a Whiting Award a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship the Mary Francis Hobson Medal for Arts and Letters and a National Magazine Award for Fiction He has been writer in residence at the University of California Irvine University of Mississippi Arizona State University the University of the South Sewanee and The Writer s Voice in New York His journalism has appeared in The New York Times Harper s Spin Esquire George Detour Vogue The Oxford American and The Southern Review and he has been a correspondent for the BBC He has also worked as a screenwriter writing the 2008 war drama Stop Loss He wrote and produced on several television series such as Chicago Hope The Man in the High Castle Fear the Walking Dead and Hell on Wheels He co created and wrote the Showtime limited series The Good Lord Bird which starred Ethan Hawke as abolitionist John Brown 4 5 6 Personal life editHe lives in Los Angeles with his wife Jennifer Allen and their three sons References edit http www randomhouse com boldtype 0898 richard interview html Interview with Mark Richard Growing up in the Company of Books the Life of Mark Richard Mark Richard House of Prayer No 2 February 9 2011 White Peter June 24 2020 Showtime Pushes Back Abolitionist Miniseries The Good Lord Bird Picks Up British Drama We Hunt Together To Fill Slot Deadline Hollywood Penske Media Corporation Archived from the original on October 7 2020 Retrieved June 24 2020 The Good Lord Bird producer relishes new role at W amp M In the Army of the Lord External links editPodcast Stephen Usery Interviews Mark Richard Profile at The Whiting Foundation Mark Richard at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mark Richard amp oldid 1072101306, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
