Gary Holmes

Gary Holmes is a retired communications executive, media columnist, and the writer of the popular-culture blog Really!!? Born on Nantucket Island as a 13th-generation Nantucketer, he grew up in Brockton, Massachusetts, graduated from Middlebury College, and worked in the Reagan White House before moving to New York City to practice corporate com­munications. He lives in Darien, Connecticut with his wife Meg Ricci. "Fortunate One" is his first book.