Richard Gartee

Richard Gartee is a poet, author and award winning novelist. His poems have been published in literary magazines, chap books and six collections of his poetry. He is a full-time author and has written eight novels, a biography, the definitive history of the Hippodrome Theatre, and seven college textbooks (with multiple editions.)

His first novel Lancelot's Grail explores self-awareness and enlightenment in an Arthurian-age story of two siblings' journey to enlightenment after they discover Sir Lancelot living as a hermit and uncover his knowledge of the Holy Grail. A second novel, Lancelot's Disciple, pursues the quest for enlightenment along the Silk Road.

His Ragtime Dudes series span the humorous adventures of three New York dandies from the 1904 World's Fair, to the nascent art colony of Taos, New Mexico, and then the Roaring Twenties. Two books in the series won top Royal Palm Literary Awards for fiction humor.

Turning to the climate crisis, he looks at it from the perspective of 5500 years ago in Atlantis Dying, then from that of the present day with Atlantis Obsession, set in the present day.

His latest novel, Orgone Gizmo, was inspired the the recent spate of book banning. In it, the protagonist, Gizmo Carson, travels the country trying to make up for the government burning a scientist's books about Orgone.

Richard is a member of Writers Alliance of Gainesville, Florida Writers Association, and Florida Literary Arts Coalition.

He says:

"I started out in creative writing, but then spent 20 years in the design, development, and implementation of the preeminent medical practice management and electronic health records systems. During that period of my life I wrote a college textbook which became a national bestseller in its field. I left the software company, wrote more textbooks, and became a fulltime author. Between textbooks I turned my attention back to my creative writing origins. I began working on stage plays and then on Lancelot's Grail. I have since published seven more novels and six new collections of poetry, I continue to write every day."