Richard C Morais

Richard C. Morais is an award-winning American novelist and journalist and the author of the New York Times and international bestseller The Hundred-Foot Journey , which was adapted into a 2014 film starring Helen Mirren. He is also the author of the novel Buddhaland Brooklyn and the critically acclaimed biography Pierre Cardin: The Man Who Became a Label . Morais was both the editor of Barron's Penta and the European bureau chief for Forbes , and he has won three awards and six nominations at...See more

Richard C. Morais is an award-winning American novelist and journalist and the author of the New York Times and international bestseller The Hundred-Foot Journey , which was adapted into a 2014 film starring Helen Mirren. He is also the author of the novel Buddhaland Brooklyn and the critically acclaimed biography Pierre Cardin: The Man Who Became a Label . Morais was both the editor of Barron's Penta and the European bureau chief for Forbes , and he has won three awards and six nominations at the Business Journalist of the Year Awards. His literary works were semifinalists in the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition and short-listed for Britain's Ian St. James Award. In 2015, Morais was named Citizen Diplomat of the Year--the highest honor granted by Global Ties U.S., a private-public partnership sponsored by the U.S. State Department--"for promoting cross-cultural understanding in all of his literary work." Learn more about the author at www.richardcmorais.com. See less