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Lorraine Adams. Richard Price (born October 12, 1949) is an American novelist and screenwriter, known for the books The Wanderers (1974), Clockers (1992) and Lush Life (2008). Price's novels explore late-20th-century urban America in a gritty, realistic manner that has brought him considerable literary acclaim.
Price is the author of nine novels, most recently The Whites, originally published under the pseudonym Harry Brandt. His other novels include Clockers, Freedomland, and Samaritan. In 1999 he received an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2007 he won an Edgar Award for his writing on the HBO series The Wire.
Richard Price, The Art of Fiction No. 144. Interviewed by James Linville. Issue 138, Spring 1996. Lorraine Adams/Courtesy of Henry Holt & Co. Richard Price has proven that there can indeed be a third act in the career of an American writer.
Originally published November 29, 2009 at 12:00 am. A conversation with Richard Price, author of "Clockers," "Lush Life" and — among other things — several episodes of HBO's "The Wire."...
Richard Price is the author of seven novels—the latest of which, Lush Life, comes out in March. He’s also a screenwriter and a contributor to the writing staff of The Wire. This interview was...
Mar 2, 2015 · Anna Sillers. Visit CANVAS, PBS NewsHour's art hub. Richard Price’s most recent book “The Whites,” centers around the criminals who get away with awful crimes and become obsessions for the...
Jul 7, 2016 · Price is the crime writer’s crime writer. One part Dickens, one part Ellroy, with a splash of Spike Lee. His books are grand affairs — hundreds upon hundreds of pages of urban decay, gallows humor, desperation, and moral vacuum. His screenwriting, for screens big and small, is just as ambitious.