Richard Ford

Richard Ford was born in Jackson, Mississippi on February 16, 1944. He is the author of A Piece Of My Heart, The Ultimate Good Luck, The Sportswriter and its sequel Independence Day, Wildlife, and a volume of short stories, Rock Springs.

He edited The Granta Book Of The American Short Story

Richard Ford has won The Pen/Falkner award for fiction and The Pulitzer Prize for Independance Day. He is considered to be one of America's finest short story writers and a superb master of the novel.