Conrad Richter (October 13, 1890-October 30, 1968) was an award-winning American novelist, whose work focuses on life along the American frontier.

Born in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, he took a job as editor of a local newspaper, the Patton Courier, when he was just nineteen. Some of his works, including The Sea of Grass and The Light in the Forest , were later turned into films. The Town , the third installment of his Awakening Land trilogy, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1951; his 1960 The Waters of Kronos received the National Book Award.

Richter died in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, in 1968.

Partial bibliography

• The Sea of Grass (1936)
• Awakening Land
  • The Trees (1940)
  • The Fields (1946)
  • The Town (1950)
• The Light in the Forest (1953)
• The Waters of Kronos (1960)