Richard Fords (’70, ’71) is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the Bascombe novels and the New York Times bestselling Canada and Let Me Be Frank with You. His novels and story collections include The Sportswriter, Independence Day, A Multitude of Sins, Rock Springs The Lay of the Land, Canada and Let Me be Frank With You. Independence Day was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the first time the same book had won both prizes. His most recent book, Between Them: Remembering My Parents, was published by Ecco in April, 2017. Ford is the 2016 recipient of the Asturias Award for Literature in Spain, and he lives in East Boothbay, Maine with his wife, Kristina Ford. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Community of Writers for many years.