About Richard R. Becker

Richard R. Becker is an award-winning American author whose gripping stories blend resilience and moral complexity. His upcoming novel, Born on Monday (2025), promises a thrilling tale of small-town sins that will leave readers breathless.

His debut novel, Third Wheel (August 2023), soared into Amazon’s top 100 thriller and suspense literary fiction novels, earned a Kirkus Reviews feature, and won seven awards, including Literary Thriller of the Year by the Artisan International Book Excellence Awards. His debut collection, 50 States (2021), born from a challenge to write one story a week for 50 weeks, topped Amazon’s literary short story charts for three months and secured multiple honors, including first place in the Spring 2022 BookFest Awards.  

Raised in Milwaukee by his grandparents after his father’s tragic death, Richard overcame poverty, club feet, and his grandmother’s cancer. These challenges infuse his work with emotional depth. After relocating to Las Vegas, he worked diverse jobs (fast food, retail paint, muralist, stage foreman, and convenience store clerk among them) to fund his education at Whittier College and the University of Nevada, Reno, where he shifted from psychology to journalism, with an emphasis in advertising. 

A seasoned writer, Richard founded Copywrite, Ink., a 35-year-old communications firm, and invested 20 years of teaching at UNLV. An active community volunteer, he serves on the Las Vegas Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission. Richard enjoys acting, hiking, photography, and time with his wife and two adult children. 

Stay tuned for Born on Monday!

Interviews/Articles:

From Journalist to Author [Career] — Strange Writer                                      Highly Effective Networking: Richard R Becker of Copywrite Ink.

Thriving As An Introvert [Career] — Authority Magazine                              Richard R. Becker  [All Books] — House of  Mystery Radio on NBC 

Who is Richard R. Becker [Career] — BTM News                                             Richard R. Becker with Gribben [All Books} — Toby Gribben Show

Interview with Richard R. Becker [Third Wheel] — Awesome Gang            Richard R. Becker: Dark And Skillful Novel [Third Wheel] — Many Books

Third Wheel by Richard R. Becker [Third Wheel] — Authors Glow            Interview with Award-winning Author [All Books] — Poet’s Corner

Vodcast Interview with Richard R. Becker [All Books] — Poets Corner       Navigating Lifelong Identity Crisis [Third Wheel| — Tracking Happiness

Meet the Author. Richard R. Becker [Third Wheel] — Reader Views          Interview with Richard R. Becker [Third Wheel] — Just American News          

Interviewing Third Wheel Author [Third Wheel] —Writers & Authors     Releasing a Coming-of-Age Thriller [Third Wheel] — Talking to Authors 

Interview with Richard R. Becker [Third Wheel] — New In Books               Interview with Richard R. Becker [Third Wheel] — Jukebox Mind

Q&A with Richard R. Becker [Third Wheel] — BookBuzz                              Featured Writer Interview [Third Wheel] — Awesome Gang

The Human Condition Across The U.S. [50 States] — Many Books             Interview with Richard R. Becker [50 States]— New In Books 

Richard R. Becker [50 States] — Book Reader Magazine                                    Q&A With Writer Richard Becker [50 States] — Liquid [Hip] 

Interview with The Reading Bud [50 States] — The Reading Bud                 Noshing with Richard Becker [50 States] — Ira’s Everything Bagel  

Pretty Hot Author Interview [50 States] — Pretty-Hot                                     Awesome Readers Meet Richard Becker [50 States] — Awesome Gang 

Author Richard R. Becker [50 States] — Inside The Audiobooth                   Interview with Richard R. Becker [50 States] — Interviews With Writers 

Podcast Interview with Richard R. Becker [50 States] — Crave Books           Interview with the Author [Ten Threads] — New In Books

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