Richard
Paul Russo is an American science fiction writer born in 1954. He attended
the Clarion Workshop in 1983, his first story, Firebird Suite, appeared in
Amazing Stories in 1981 and his first novel, Inner Eclipse, was in 1988. His
second novel, Subterranean Gallery won the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award for
1989. He won that award again in 2001 for Ship of Fools. Subterranean Gallery
was also a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
In addition to U.S. publication, his
books have been published in England, Germany, Italy, and Israel.
As of 2006 he lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife Candace, two cats
and a dog.