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A native of East Providence, RI—Ron McLarty is a veteran actor, accomplished playwright, prolific audiobook narrator and acclaimed novelist.
As a television actor, McLarty has over 100 appearances to his credit. He has been a series regular on Spenser For Hire, Champs, Cop Rock & The Return of Jezebel James in addition to the recurring role of Judge Wright on Law & Order. His most recent appearances include Rescue Me, Sex & The City, The Practice, Judging Amy and Law & Order :SVU as well as playing Fred Trump, Sr. in Donald Trump: Unauthorized.
His career in film began in 1977 with a performance in The Sentinel and continued with such films as The Postman, Into the Fire, Heartburn, Two Bits, Flamingo Kid and most recently the untitled James L. Brooks film with Jack Nicholson and Paul Rudd. He was a 1984 nominee for an ACE Award for Best Actor in a Dramatic or Theatrical Program for the movie, Tiger Town.
As a stage actor, McLarty has appeared in numerous productions including starring on Broadway in Moonchildren, Championship Season and Our Country's Good. He has also written dozens of plays, which have been produced across the country.
McLarty is also noted for his body of work as one of the country’s leading audiobook narrators having done over 100 titles including the narration of books authored by Stephen King, Danielle Steel, Richard Russo, Elmore Leonard, Ed McBain, David Baldacci and Scott Turow, among many others.
It was his collaboration with Stephen King that led to his emergence as a published novelist of national repute. Beginning with the early years of his career, McLarty’s passion for writing led him to completing 10 novels, in addition to his plays but his efforts to interest a publishing house were unsuccessful. Several years ago he was able to persuade Recorded Books into producing his 3rd novel, The Memory of Running, directly onto tape as an audiobook. It is believed to be the first recorded audiobook of an unpublished novel. Stephen King listened to it in 2002 and wrote his entire column “The Pop of King” about Memory calling it “The best book you can’t read”. This lead to the publication of The Memory of Running in the USA and fifteen other countries around the world. In January 2007 his second novel, Traveler was published to critical and popular acclaim. It was also published in the UK as Traveller, in France as Retour a Providence, in Germany as Weil ich dich Nicht Vergessen Kann and a Spanish version titled, Viajero . His 3rd novel, Art in America received national acclaim and his 4th novel, The Dropper is to be published in early 2012 by Cemetery Dance Publications.
He has received from Rhode Island College in Providence an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities (2007) and the Charles B. Willard Achievement Award (2005).
The Memory of Running was chosen as the 2007 selection for the Reading Across Rhode Island program.
He lives in New York City with his wife, the actress Kate Skinner.
Providence Public Library Interview
Ron was recently interviewed by Writing Magazine which can be located on the
web at www.writersnews.co.uk. You may read
the interview here.
Q&A with Ron McLarty from an interview conducted when The Memory of
Running was published.
Comments From A Recent Book Club
"The evening was absolutely fantastic! Ron and Kate were truly a pleasure to meet. I thoroughly enjoyed traveling across the country on Smithy's journey. This book was so well written, I couldn't put it down!"
...Karol
"It was great being able to pick Ron's brain about the process of developing the characters in his book. Ron and Kate were so refreshing and seem to have a great time together!
...Jennifer
"Ron McLarty and his wife, Kate, were absolutely intriguing, as was his book! Ron simply captivated us while telling stories about his life and what motivations led him to write The Memory of Running. He explained to us the many parallels his characters had to his own life and how it was difficult to write a book without bringing some of his own experiences into the story. His wife, Kate was bubbling with enthusiasm and had terrific stories of her own to share."
...Michele
"BRAVO!!!!!! I thoroughly enjoyed our evening together and Ron's reading of Norma's letter made the whole book come alive for me. I look forward to Ron's new book and I am now a member of his fan club. Many thanks for an enlightening evening!"
...Carolyn
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