Richard R Becker
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Richard R Becker

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Richard R. Becker is an award-winning American author. His debut novel Third Wheel was released in August 2023 to positive reviews and broke into Amazon's top 20 literary thrillers in November 2023. It has earned six literary awards, including finalist awards in the Global Book Awards and the 2023 Best Book Awards. It also received second place in the Fall 2023 BookFest Awards for coming-of-age fiction. His debut collection of literary fiction and psychological thrillers began as a project to write one story a week for 50 weeks. It became a literary short story bestseller for three consecutive months in 2022. It won first place in the Spring 2022 BookFest Awards for short stories, the 2023 Book Excellence Awards for short stories, and the ABR Book Excellence Award for literary fiction, psychological thriller, and short stories. It was also a finalist in the 2022 IAN Book of the Year Awards. He followed it up with the 10-story companion, Ten Threads, as a Kindle exclusive. Richard has written hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles as a journalist, with his byline appearing in the Denver Post, Los Angeles Times, and publications for Simon & Schuster and Paramount Communications. He also scripted a documentary produced with PBS and contributed to five books related to marketing, public relations, and management. He serves as president of Copywrite, Ink. and taught at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for 20 years. In addition, Richard serves as a city council-appointed volunteer commissioner on the Las Vegas Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission and as a high school softball coach. He has assisted more than 60 nonprofit and professional organizations as a consultant and board member during his career. He has been featured as a speaker for various organizations, including Wizard World Comic Con, G2E World Gaming Expo, National Recreation and Park Association, Regis University, and the U.S. Small Business Administration. Aside from writing, Richard has a broad range of interests, including travel, hiking, parks, fitness, illustration, photography, and spending time with family. He is married and has two children.
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