Richard Yates (1926-1992) was an American novelist and short story writer. He is best known for his 1961 novel Revolutionary Road, which was adapted into a 2008 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Yates was born in Yonkers, New York and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. After the war, he attended college and worked as a technical writer before publishing his first novel, Revolutionary Road, in 1961. The novel was a critical success and was nominated for the National Book Award. Yates went on to write several more novels and short stories, including The Easter Parade, A Special Providence, and Eleven Kinds of Loneliness. His work is known for its realism and its exploration of themes such as alienation, loneliness, and the struggles of everyday life. Yates died in 1992 at the age of 66.