Jason Webster is an Anglo-American author who writes on Spain. He was born in California to British parents in 1970. He has spent most of his adult life in Spain, having settled in Valencia with his Spanish wife, actress and dancer Salud Botella. He is a director of The Scheherazade Foundation.

Education

Webster was educated in England, Egypt and Italy. In 1993 he graduated from Oxford University (St John's College) with a degree in Arabic and Islamic History.

Works

Webster is the author of fifteen books on Spain and Spanish themes, ranging from travel to history, biography, detective fiction, essay, short story and poetry. He has appeared in several television documentaries and his works have been translated into a dozen languages.

Books

Apart from his books, Webster has also written for the British newspapers The Guardian, The Observer, Financial Times, The Daily Mail, the New Statesman and Sunday Telegraph, and for the Spanish newspaper El Asombrario. He has appeared in several British TV documentaries, including An Islamic History of Europe, presented by Rageh Omaar on BBC television and the critically acclaimed Andalusia: The Legacy of the Moors for Five. In April 2013 he presented "Flashmob Flamenco", a documentary for BBC Radio 4 on the response within the Flamenco community to the economic crisis in Spain.

Interviews with Webster

Reviews of Webster's books