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As the new century commenced, he published another story collection, ''A Multitude of Sins'' (2002), followed by the novels ''The Lay Of The Land,'' —the third in his Bascombe series— in 2006, and ''[[Canada (novel)|Canada]]'', published during May 2012.<ref>{{cite web | title = Canada (novel) | publisher = www.harpercollins.com |url=http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Canada-Richard-Ford?isbn=9780061692048&HCHP=TB_Canada}}</ref> According to Ford, ''The Lay Of The Land'' completed his series of Bascombe novels, but ''Canada'' was a stand-alone novel.
 
In April 2013, Ford read from a new Frank Bascombe story without revealing to the audience whether it was part of a longer work.<ref>{{cite web| last=Liu |first=Lowen |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/04/30/richard_ford_s_new_frank_bascombe_story_shows_the_damage_done_by_hurricane.html |title=Richard Ford's New Frank Bascombe Story Shows the Damage Done by Hurricane Sandy |work=Slate.com |date=2013-04-30 |access-date=2014-01-10}}</ref> By 2014, it was confirmed that the story was to appear in the book ''Let Me Be Frank With You'', published during November of that year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7900fd24-5858-11e4-b331-00144feab7de.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7900fd24-5858-11e4-b331-00144feab7de.html |archive-date=2022-12-10 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Frank and me: Richard Ford on his Bascombe novels|work=Financial Times|date=24 October 2014|access-date=2 August 2015}}</ref> The latter work consists of four interconnected novellas (or "long stories"), all narrated by Frank Bascombe.<ref name="lyceumagency.com">[http://www.lyceumagency.com/richard+ford.aspx Richard Ford] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220055249/http://www.lyceumagency.com/richard+ford.aspx |date=2015-12-20 }}, Lyceum Agency, 2014</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/living-frank-bascombe-interview-richard-ford|title=Living with Frank Bascombe: An Interview with Richard Ford|first=Deborah|last=Treisman|magazine=The New Yorker |date=November 5, 2014|via=www.newyorker.com}}</ref> ''Let Me Be Frank With You'' was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. It did not win the prize, but the selection committee praised the book for its "unflinching series of narratives, set in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, insightfully portraying a society in decline."<ref name="pulitzer.org">[http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/richard-ford "The 2015 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Fiction"], The Pulitzer Prizes.</ref>
 
As in the preceding decade, Ford continued to assist with various editing projects. During 2007, he edited the ''New [[Granta]] Book of the American Short Story'', and in 2011 he edited ''Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar: Stories of Work''. During May 2017, Ford published a memoir, ''Between Them: Remembering My Parents''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/05/02/526559954/for-richard-ford-memoir-is-a-chance-to-tell-the-unthinkable|title=For Richard Ford, Memoir Is A Chance To 'Tell The Unthinkable'|website=NPR.org}}</ref>
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* 1996 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]], for ''Independence Day''<ref name="Pulitzer Prize citation"/>
* 2001 [[PEN/Malamud Award]], for excellence in short fiction<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pshares.org/authors/richard-ford|title=Richard Ford &#124; Ploughshares|website=www.pshares.org}}</ref>
* 2005 [[St. Louis Literary Award]] from the [[Saint Louis University]] Library Associates<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slu.edu/libraries/associates/award.html|title=Saint Louis Literary Award – Saint Louis University|website=www.slu.edu|access-date=2016-07-25|archive-date=2016-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823003924/http://www.slu.edu/libraries/associates/award.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://lib.slu.edu/about/associates/literary-award/ford |title=Richard Ford to Receive 2005 Saint Louis Literary Award |author=Saint Louis University Library Associates |access-date=July 25, 2016}}</ref>
* 2008 [[Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Kenyon Review for Literary Achievement|url=http://www.kenyonreview.org/programs/kenyon-review-award-for-literary-achievement/|website=KenyonReview.org}}</ref>
* 2013 [[Prix Femina étranger]], for ''[[Canada (novel)|Canada]]''{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
* 2013 [[Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction]], for ''Canada''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_23573346/ford-egan-win-literary-medals |title=Ford, Egan Win Literary Medals |work=[[San Jose Mercury News]] |last=Italie |first=Hillel |date=June 30, 2013 |access-date=May 28, 2019 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034850/http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_23573346/ford-egan-win-literary-medals |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2015 [[Fitzgerald Award for Achievement in American Literature]] part of the [http://fscottfestival.org/ F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival]{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
* 2015 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]], finalist, for ''Let Me Be Frank with You'' <ref name="pulitzer.org"/>
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*{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2008/2123439.htm |title=Armistead Maupin: Brisbane Writers' Festival – RN Book Show – 23 January 2008 |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=2008-01-23 |access-date=2011-08-19}} – Transcript of interview with [[Ramona Koval]], ''[[The Book Show]]'', [[ABC Radio National]] 31 December 2007
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110725032150/http://mainehumanities.org/podcast/archives/446 Interview for public radio in Maine (2006)], [[Maine Humanities Council]]
*[http://www.salon.com/weekly/interview960708.html Interview (1996)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000522061756/http://www.salon.com/weekly/interview960708.html |date=2000-05-22 }}, [[Salon.com]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080203180041/http://www.writersvoice.net/2007/01/weeks-podcast-richard/ Interview on ''Writer's Voice'' (2006)] with radio host, Francesca Rheannon
*[http://www.identitytheory.com/people/birnbaum37.html Interview (2002)], [http://www.identitytheory.com IdentityTheory.com]
*[http://www.newyorker.com/online/content/articles/060828on_onlineonly02 Interview (2006)] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.ph/20130130003330/www.newyorker.com/online/content/articles/060828on_onlineonly02 |date=2013-01-30 }}, ''[[The New Yorker]]''
*[http://www.nerve.com/screeningroom/books/interview_richardford/ Interview (2006)], [[Nerve (website)|Nerve.com]]
*[http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/people/fellows/ford.html Interview, book reading, and discussion video streams and MP3 download (2006)], [[University of Pennsylvania]]