Culture That Made Me: American writer Richard Ford on Frank O'Connor, The Sopranos, and more...
Richard Ford is in Ireland for Listowel Writers Week. (Picture: RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images)
Richard Ford, 79, grew up in Jackson, Mississippi. In 1968, he married, having met his wife while in university. He spent a few years working as a sports journalist before establishing himself as a novelist and short story writer. He is best known for his series of Frank Bascombe novels about suburban American life. They include The Sportswriter and Independence Day, which won the Pulitzer and PEN/Faulkner awards for fiction in 1996. He will be in conversation with Sean Carlson at Listowel Writers Week, 3pm, Sunday, 4 June. See: www.listowelwritersweek.ie
