Richard C. MoraisMr. Morais's debut novel, The Hundred-Foot Journey, is an international bestseller that was picked by O, Oprah's magazine; Amazon-Kindle; National Public Radio; and the American Booksellers Association, as one of the best reads in America during the 010 summer. The book was also an "editor's choice" at The New Times Book Review, and a Book Of The Month Club pick for 2011. The novel has now sold in 18 territories across the globe and is in "active development" as a Hollywood film. (For more, see: www.richardcmorais.com ).
In August, 2011, The Hundred-Foot Journey was the Mail On Sunday's Book Of The Month. Mr. Morais's short story, "Confessions of An Aerophobe," was short-listed for Britain's Ian St. James Award and was published in the literary magazine, Acclaim. An early extract of The Hundred-Foot Journey was a semifinalist in the 2004 William Faulkner Creative Writing Competition. Mr. Morais has just completed Buddhaland Brooklyn, a novel about a Buddhist priest sent across the ocean to build a temple in an Italian neighborhood in New York City. His second novel was published in the US by Scribner in 2012 and in the UK by Alma Books in 2013.
Mr. Morais worked for Forbes magazine for 25 years, mostly while stationed in London, where he was the magazine's European Bureau Chief. His brief at the magazine, for almost his entire career, allowed him to write on any subject he chose and to travel the world. He joined Forbes in 1984 as a Reporter in New York.
An American born in Portugal and raised in Switzerland, Mr. Morais was stationed in London for 17 years as Forbes' European Correspondent (1986 to 1989), Senior European Correspondent (1991 to 1998), and European Bureau Chief (1998 to 2003.) He wrote numerous cover stories for Forbes, from billionaire profiles to corporate dissections, but he was best known for unusual business stories on everything from the hashish entrepreneurs of Holland, to the ship breakers of India, to the human organ traders of China. Mr. Morais's news-making political interviews have been with the likes of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and the Czech Republic's Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus.
Mr. Morais has won six nominations and three awards from the London-based Business Journalist of the Year Awards, the industry standard for international business coverage.
Mr. Morais started his career in New York as a news intern for the PBS TV program, The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, and eventually rose to selling freelance film features to The New York Times. Mr. Morais is the author of the unauthorized biography, Pierre Cardin: The Man Who Became a Label (Bantam Press, UK) a book that grew out of a Forbes cover story and was published in 1991 to critical acclaim: "This is not a hagiography; neither is it a hatchet job. He has caught the essence of the man." (Financial Times.) "There is extraordinary, often startling information throughout this book but the pleasure is in the writing. I hope Morais is working on a second book." (Sunday Telegraph.) "Thorough, excellently researched, racy and entertaining." (International Herald Tribune.)
While he was in the UK, Mr. Morais appeared regularly on Sky News, BBC News, ITV News, and various radio stations, including the influential "Today" show on the BBC's Radio 4. In the U.S., his work has led to an editorial credit on CBS' "60 Minutes," plus appearances on Ted Koppel's "Nightline," ABC, CNN, and various NPR radio stations.
He is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and lives in Philadelphia. Read More Read Less
