Richard Price (writer)
American novelist and screenwriter (born 1949) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. Several of his novels are set in a fictional northern New Jersey city called Dempsy.
Richard Price | |
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| Born | October 12, 1949 The Bronx, New York City, United States |
| Pen name | Harry Brandt |
| Occupation | |
| Alma mater | B.A,. Cornell University MFA, Columbia University |
| Period | 1974–present |
| Genre | Crime fiction, drama, mystery |
| Notable works | The Wanderers, Clockers |
| Spouse | Lorraine Adams |
Price has also written screenplays for television dramas such as The Wire, The Outsider, The Night Of, and The Deuce. For writing The Color of Money (1986), a feature film directed by Martin Scorsese and based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis, Price received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.