Richard Yates was an American novelist and short story writer, best known for his novel 'Revolutionary Road'. He wrote several other novels, including 'A Special Providence' and 'The Easter Parade', as well as numerous short stories. Yates was born in 1926 in Yonkers, New York, and died in 1992 in Birmingham, Alabama. He was a recipient of the National Book Award and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.