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.
And... Please Note: If you see that John is already scheduled to be in your area this year, consider inviting him to speak to your group during that same time period. Travel costs and other fees will then be discounted or shared among several host sites. Or... Invite other schools or groups to co-host a visit to your town.
Click here for the John H. Ritter School and Conference Presentation Page for information, including his fee schedule.
Mon-Tue, November 5-6, 2007. Houston, TX John is looking forward to his visit with The Kinkaid Middle School students on Monday and Tuesday, as well as their parents on Family Night.
Mon-Fri, Feb 25-29, 2008. Las Vegas, NV During Nevada's Reading Week, John will visit Cashman Middle School, as well as others in the area.
Mon-Fri, May 5-9, 2008. Lansing, NY John will make elementary, middle, and high school visits to schools in Lansing, New York. He'll be conducting writing workshops with young writers, as well as sharing stories from his life and readings from his works at school assemblies.
Mon, May 12, 2008. Dearborn, MI John will be visiting the Divine Child High School, home of the State Baseball Champions!
Sat-Thu, June 21-26, 2008. Santa Barbara, CA Attention writers of all fiction! John is leading the Young Adult Fiction Workshop at the world famous Santa Barbara Writers Conference. Join John, along with Ray Bradbury, Catherine Ryan Hyde, and many other bestselling authors, for an intense and glorious six days on the edge of the Pacific Ocean. For more info, go to: http://www.sbwc.org/.
Original photographs above:
Top photo: DogCatDog performing at the IRA conference--(L-R) John H. Ritter with Dirk Sutro (author of Jazz for Dummies) and Matt Pallamary (author of Land Without Evil).
Bottom photo: Spoken word presentation by John H. Ritter with jazz guitarist Dirk Sutro.
Teaching Aids and Classroom Plans
John's public speaking schedule
Published Interviews with John
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Read an excerpt from Under the Baseball Moon
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Lefty info