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Richard Russo is the New York Times bestselling author of ten novels, including Somebody’s Fool, Chances Are..., Everybody’s Fool, and That Old Cape Magic; two collections of stories including The Whore's Child; and the memoir Elsewhere. In 2002 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Empire Falls, which, like Nobody’s Fool, won multiple awards for its screen adaptation, and in 2023 his novel Straight Man was adapted into the television series Lucky Hank. In 2017 he received France’s Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine for Everybody’s Fool. Russo lives in Portland, Maine and his latest novel is Under the Falls (2026).

Fred Sanders has been seen on Broadway (The Buddy Holly Story), in national tours (Driving Miss Daisy and Big River) and on TV, including Seinfeld, The West Wing, Will & Grace, Numb3rs, Titus and Malcolm in the Middle. His films include Sea of Love, The Shadow and the Oscar-nominated short Culture. A native New Yorker and Yale graduate, he now lives in LA.