Richard Michelson’s books have been named among the Ten Best of the Year by The New York Times, Pub­lish­ers Week­ly, and The New York­er; He’s received a Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award (and twice final­ist) and two Syd­ney Tay­lor Gold Medals (and two sil­ver) from the AJL. Born in Brook­lyn, Michel­son lives in MA and owns R. Michel­son Galleries.