Richard Russo won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for his fifth novel, Empire Falls. He is also the author of Mohawk, The Risk Pool, NobodyтАЩs Fool, Straight Man and Bridge of Sighs, as well as a collection of stories, The WhoreтАЩs Child and the memoir, On Helwig Street. His original screenplay is the basis for Rowan AtkinsonтАЩs film Keeping Mum. He lives with his wife in Maine.