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Charles Richard Webb (June 9, 1939 – June 16, 2020) was the author of several novels. His most famous work is the 1963 novel The Graduate, which was made into a film of the same name (1967).

Webb was born in San Francisco, California. He grew up in affluent Pasadena, California. He attended Chandler School, Midland School in Los Olivos, California, and graduated from Williams College in 1961. He declined an inheritance from his father, a wealthy doctor.

Webb lived for several years in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

As of 2006, Webb had been with his long-term partner Eve for more than 40 years. Eve shaves her head and calls herself "Fred" in solidarity with a Californian support group called Fred, for men who have low self-esteem. Fred is an artist and her work includes illustrations for Webb's 2002 novel New Cardiff. The couple had two sons, one of whom is now a performance artist who once cooked and ate a copy of The Graduate with cranberry sauce.