Richard Lange is an American writer born in Oakland, CA. After receiving a degree in film from the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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, he traveled to Europe

Europe

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 and taught English

English language

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 for Berlitz

Berlitz

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 in Barcelona

Barcelona

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, Spain. Returning to Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, he was hired as a copy editor at Larry Flynt

Larry Flynt

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 Publications and eventually became managing editor

Managing editor

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 of RIP

RIP

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, a heavy-metal music

Music

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 magazine

Magazine

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. He later edited textbooks before becoming managing editor of Radio & Records

Radio & Records

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, a radio

Radio

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-industry trade

Trade

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 magazine

Magazine

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.

Lange has published short stories

Short Stories

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 in various literary journals. "Bank of America" was selected for Best American Mystery Stories of 2004 and "Baby Killer" for Best American Mystery Stories of 2011. His first book, a collection of stories titled Dead Boys, was published by Little, Brown in August 2007. Einaudi published the Italian

Italian language

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 translation

Translation

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, Come Morti, and Albin Michel put out the book in France. Lange's second book, a novel, This Wicked World, came out in June 2009 in the U.S. and was also published in France.

Lange was the 2008 recipient of the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a finalist for the 2008 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing

William Saroyan International Prize for Writing

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. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2009.

External links

• http://www.richlange.com/