Richard Russo won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for his fifth novel, Empire Falls. He is also the author of Mohawk , The Risk Pool , Nobody¿s Fool , Straight Man , Bridge of Sighs and That Old Cape Magic , as well as a collection of stories, The Whore¿s Child. His original screenplay is the basis for Rowan Atkinson¿s film Keeping Mum. He lives with his wife in Maine and in Boston.