John H. Ritter speaks inspirationally before public and private audiences around the US. If you wish to hear him speak before your school, library, conference, or group, please send a fax, with details, to (212) 414-3393, Attention: Author Appearance Coordinator. Begin your Subject Line with "John Ritter Author Visit", and be sure to include your email address. John's Penguin Author Appearance Coordinator will contact you with all the information you'll need.
Fee: $1050 + expenses
Sessions Per Day: 3 (includes one or two assemblies maximum and one or two classroom visits)
Workshops: Yes
Size Limit: Any
Grade Levels: 4th grade-College
Storyteller John H. Ritter's program is an anecdote-filled talk and performance piece to audiences who have already read and studied his multi-layered, metaphorical novels. His talks range from the humorous and sobering events of his boyhood to a musical and/or spoken word performance. John covers the writing process, revisions, and story workshopping ideas, including the decisions he's made which have led him to writing his powerful books.
The thrust of the talk is to inspire listeners and young writers to consider their own lives and their art in a way that allows them not simply to follow their dreams, but to take the vital steps to see them to fruition.
The session winds up with a wide-open and lively Q & A period.
Keynote Speaker Honorarium: $1,500 + expenses
Choosing Up Sides (Penguin Putnam, Philomel, 1998)
Over the Wall (Penguin Putnam, Philomel, 2000)
The Boy Who Saved Baseball (Penguin Putnam, Philomel, 2003)
Under the Baseball Moon (Penguin Putnam, Philomel, 2006)
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Go to the Choosing Up Sides page
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Go to the Over The Wall page
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Go to The Boy Who Saved Baseball page
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Read an excerpt from Under the Baseball Moon
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