Author Richard Bausch

Denison’s Beck Series welcomes American novelist and short story writer Richard Bausch. Currently a professor at Chapman University, he is the author of eleven novels and eight collections of stories, including the novels “Rebel Powers,” “Violence,” “Good Evening Mr. & Mrs. America And All The Ships At Sea,” “In The Night Season,” “Hello To The Cannibals,” “Thanksgiving Night,” and “Peace;” and the story collections “Spirits,” “The Fireman’s Wife,” “Rare & Endangered Species,” “Someone To Watch Over Me,” “The Stories of Richard Bausch,” “Wives & Lovers,” and the recently released “Something Is Out There.”

His novel, “The Last Good Time” was made into a feature-length motion picture, directed by Bob Balaban, starring Armin Meuhler-Stahl, Maureen Stapleton, and Lionel Stander, released in April 1995. His novel “Peace” was awarded the 2010 Dayton International Literary Peace Prize. Bausch is the 2013 Winner of the REA award for Short Fiction.