**Richard Yates *was born in 1926 in New York and lived in California. His prize-winning stories began to appear in 1953 and his first novel, Revolutionary Road , was nominated for the National Book Award in 1961. He is the author of eight other works, including the novels * A Good School, The Easte...

**Richard Yates *was born in 1926 in New York and lived in California. His prize-winning stories began to appear in 1953 and his first novel, Revolutionary Road , was nominated for the National Book Award in 1961. He is the author of eight other works, including the novels * A Good School, The Easter Parade,and Disturbing the Peace,and two collections of short stories, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness and Liars in Love . He died in 1992. Richard Priceis the author of seven novels, including Clockers, Freedomland,and Lush Life.