An Interview with John H. Ritter

Keywords

John H. Ritter, sports fiction, young adult literature

Abstract

With his baseball novel Choosing Up Sides (Philomel 1998), rookie YA author John H. Ritter landed a spot on the All Star team. Awards for his first YA novel included the 1999 International Reading Association's Children's Book Award, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults notation, and a 1999 Blue Ribbon Book citation from The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Ritter's second at bat, Over the Wall (Philomel 2000), will secure him a regular spot in the line up of notable authors writing about sports for young adults.

Original Publication Citation

“An Interview with John H. Ritter,” The ALAN Review 27.3 (Spring/Summer 2000): 5-9. (Invited)

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2000

Publisher

The ALAN Review

Language

English

College

Humanities

Department

English

University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

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