Richard Melo
Richard Melo (born August 10, 1968) is an American author and book reviewer. He is the author of the novels Happy Talk and Jokerman 8.
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| Born | August 10, 1968 San Francisco, California |
| Occupation | Novelist, critic |
| Nationality | United States |
| Genre | Literary |
Biography
Richard Melo was born in San Francisco, California and attended San Francisco State University. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon.[1]
As a book critic since 2004, Melo has reviewed books by Thomas Pynchon, William Vollmann, Colson Whitehead, and Tom Robbins, among others.[2] Melo is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and has written about Tom Wolfe for the NBCC blog.[3]
His fiction has appeared in Willamette Week and Gobshite Quarterly. He began his career as a playwright with two productions appearing on the Mt. Hood Community College stage in the early 1990s. He is a graduate of the Creative Writing program at San Francisco State University.
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