Randy Black

Randy Black, (1945- ) grew up in Dallas, Texas and is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. His first novel, Randy Black's Favorite Tales from Siberia competed for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize, a rare honor for a first time novelist. His book is a collection of short stories about life in Siberia and in Moscow in the first years after the collapse of the USSR.

Black, a true Renaissance man, is a former professional golfer, a newspaper photographer and sport writer for a major Texas daily, travel writer, chef, and educator. His awards have come from the Press Club of Dallas, the Austin Headliner's Club of Austin, the Society of American Travel Writers, the Associated Press, the International Association of Business Communicators and the Society of Professional Journalists.