An attorney and award-winning journalist, Randy Richardson is a founding member and president of the nonprofit Chicago Writers Association. He is the first male recipient of the National Federation of Press Women’s Communicator of Achievement Award and was named to NewCity’s 2019 and 2022 “Lit 50: Who Really Books in Chicago” list. His essays have been published in the anthologies Chicken Soup for the Father and Son Soul, Humor for a Boomer’s Heart, The Big Book of Christmas Joy, Storytellers’ True Stories About Love, and Cubbie Blues: 100 Years of Waiting Till Next Year, as well as in numerous literary journals including Hypertext and Memory House. He is the author of three novels, Havana Hangover, Cheeseland and Lost in the Ivy, and coauthor of Cubsessions: Famous Fans of Chicago’s North Side Baseball Team.