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About Richard
Author of the novel, Fat Man Blues, now adapted to screenplay + treatment for a feature film, and with a storyboard for a 10-episode TV series.
Born in England in 1962, I grew up in a small market town in rural Herefordshire before joining the Royal Navy. After 22 years in the submarine service and having travelled extensively, I now live and write in rural Worcestershire.
My first short story, “Evel Knievel and The Fat Elvis Diner” (available on Kindle), was soon followed by “Five Pairs of Shorts” a collection of ten short stories, and another short story called ‘Hank Williams’ Cadillac’.
My stories reflect my life-long fascination with the dark underbelly of American culture, be it tales of the Wild West, or of the simmering menace of the Deep South, or the poetry of Charles Bukowski, or the writing of Langston Hughes, or the music of Charley Patton, Son House, Johnny Cash, or Tom Waits.
A self-confessed Delta Blues music anorak, I embarked on a pilgrimage to the USA to visit the Deep South, where a bizarre encounter in Clarksdale, Mississippi inspired me to write Fat Man Blues.
Literary Representation by Kizzy Thomson – kizzythomson@
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Fat Man Blues Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller When a terminally ill English blues fan in present-day Mississippi trades his soul for a cure and the chance to go back the 1930s to film his blues heroes, he soon encounters the harsh realities of the life behind the music he loves, and the true price of the deal that he has made.
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Fat Man Blues Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama When a terminally ill English blues fan in present-day Mississippi trades his soul for a cure and the chance to go back the 1930s to film his blues heroes, he soon encounters the harsh realities of the life behind the music he loves, and the true price of the deal that he has made.
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