Of British father and Italian mother, twenty-seven-year-old Richard William Gait was born, raised, and currently lives in Italy. He is one of Alessandro Baricco’s Holdenians—former students of an exclusive school for creative writers.
Richard developed a passion for storytelling early on. Always wanting to write an epic story of great depth, he wrote and published The Dragoness From Space—the culmination of two years’ work, receptacle of his life-experiences, and showcase of his original style.