- Richard Bausch was born on April 18, 1945 in Fort Benning, Georgia, USA. He is a writer, known for Recon (2019), The Last Good Time (1994) and The Man Who Knew Belle Starr (2001).
- SpousesKaren Miller (5 children)Lisa Cupolo
- American novelist and short story writer whose books include The Last Good Time (1984), Mr. Field's Daughter (1989), Violence (1992), Rebel Powers (1993), Good Evening Mr. & Mrs. America, and All the Ships at Sea (1996), and Someone to Watch Over Me: Stories (1999). His short fiction has won two National Magazine Awards and an O. Henry Award. He has a twin brother, Robert Bausch, also a writer.
- Moss Chair of Excellence, University of Memphis
- "I don't ever think about Truth per se. I don't really know what that is. ... When I write, I'm interested in the truth of *experience*. What things feel like, sound like, taste like, look like. I want to be faithful to that truth." (Metropolitan Review, Fall 1997)
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