Richard House is the author of two short novels, Bruiser and Uninvited, and the 2013 Booker Prize longlisted novel, The Kills. From 1987-2000 he was a member of the Chicago-based collaborative, Haha, whose work was commissioned for public spaces, galleries, and museums in Europe and the United States. From 2010-2014 he was the editor of FatboyReview, a digital literary and arts magazine.
During his 2022 MacDowell Fellowship, he completed his project ‘Monkey Williams’ (two novels: Let it Burn and Break it Down), for publication by Picador in 2023.
During his previous MacDowell residencies, he completed a treatment for his feature length film, Murmur, drafted sections of his novel Low and began work on short video pieces which accompanied the digital publication, and completed his award-winning book The Kills.
