Richard Parker

Richard Parker is an author and award-winning journalist who writes primarily about the forces of economic, political and social change.

His work includes Lone Star Nation: How Texas Will Transform America, published by Pegasus Books of New York. He is an Op-Ed contributor to The New York Times and a columnist for The Dallas Morning News.

His work has appeared in periodicals in the United States, such as the Columbia Journalism Review and The New Republic, as well as in the United Kingdom. His commentary on international affairs is syndicated by the Tribune News Service to leading news outlets such as The Chicago Tribune and Newsday.

He has twice been named the visiting professional in journalism at the University of Texas at Austin and worked as a publisher, editor, national correspondent and Washington correspondent as well as abroad in the Balkans, the Middle East and Latin America.

He has won numerous awards including a 2013 award from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists for his work in the Times and an award for short fiction from the National Press Club. He is a repeat winner of the E.H. Schaeffer Award for In-Depth Reporting and the Associated Press Managing Editors’ Award.