Richard Webb

Turning the world of Gatsby scholars and aficionados upside down with a bold new theory about the Fitzgerald classic.

About Richard Webb

RICHARD “DEEJ” WEBB is an author, documentary filmmaker and historian. A graduate of Vanderbilt University, he is a multiple award-winning educator who has taught at the high school and university level for more than 25 years. A featured presenter in the Connecticut Public Broadcasting Prohibition documentary Connecticut Goes Dry, Webb is co-creator and co-producer, along with Robert Williams, of Gatsby in Connecticut (our review), an F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald documentary that is a companion piece to Boats Against the Current. Considered a local authority on Westport history, he is a consultant to the local historical society and has given talks throughout Fairfield County about the Fitzgeralds’ time in Westport.

Read BookTrib’s review of Richard’s book, Boats Against the Current and check out our interview with him here.

For more on Richard, visit his website.

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BOOKS:

Boats Against The Current (June 2018)

Biggest literary influencers:
John Updike, Scott Fitzgerald, historians too numerous to mention.

Last book read:
Hoover by Kenneth White

The books that changed your life:
Atlas Shrugged, because it celebrates the individual; The Beautiful and Damned, because I saw my own youth reflected in it; The Great Gatsby, for taking my breath away.

Favorite literary character:
Rabbit Angstrom

Currently working on:
a work of fiction

Words to live by:
“There is no such thing as luck; luck is… when hard work meets opportunity.”

Advice to new and aspiring authors:
Revise, revise, revise