A designer’s dystopian take on The Great Gatsby

Thursday, October 30, 2025

100 years after the publication of Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business alumnus Kristen Fajardo has released a novel of her own – a speculative, queer cyberpunk reimagining of the American classic.

Book author may not be a typical career trajectory for a Global Business and Digital Arts (GBDA) grad, but Fajardo says her background in user experience (UX) and her work in the tech industry have informed both the content of the novel and the entrepreneurial strategies she’s used to market it.

Read the full story on the Waterloo News Page.

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