2023 Bio For Fun and Events!
SHORT BIO: Aaron Michael Ritchey is the author of forty-seven novels under various pen names. He’s been an Amazon All-Star, and the first book in The Juniper Wars series was a Dragon Award Finalist. His novel, Sages of the Underpass, won the Independent Audiobook Award for best fantasy in 2021. His latest series, The Shadowcroft Academy for Dungeons, written with James A. Hunter, is an Amazon bestseller.
LONG BIO: Aaron Michael Ritchey read A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs in the third grade and wanted to be a writer. Now he’s the author of forty-five novels under various pen names.
In 2012, his first book, The Never Prayer, was published, and since then he’s written eight other well-received young adult novels, including the award-winning Long Live the Suicide King. The first three books of The Juniper Wars series have all been nominated for InD’Tale Magazine’s YA Speculative Fiction novel of the year. Armageddon Girls was a Dragon Award Finalist.
Aaron then branched out into fantasy and science fiction. His first project with Baen Books is The Cunning Man series, co-written with DJ Butler and available at your local Barnes & Noble. His novel, Sages of the Underpass, won the Independent Audiobook Award for best fantasy in 2021.
Lately, Aaron has teamed up with Shadow Alley Press’s, James A. Hunter to write The Shadowcroft Academy for Dungeons. It’s like Harry Potter, if Harry Potter was studying to become a murderous mushroom dungeon.
Aaron lives in Colorado with his wife and two daughters but frequently travels to writers conferences and comic cons across the U.S., selling books, meeting fans, and collecting pen names.
Visit his website at www.aaronmritchey.com and he just loves Facebook. Find him at aaron.m.ritchey.
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2021 Bio From The Past
Aaron Michael Ritchey is the author of The Never Prayer and Long Live the Suicide King, both finalists in various contests. His latest novel, Elizabeth’s Midnight, was called “a transformative tale for those who believe in magic and in a young girl’s heart” by Kirkus Reviews. In shorter fiction, his G.I. Joe inspired novella was an Amazon bestseller in Kindle Worlds and his steampunk story, “The Dirges of Percival Lewand” was part of The Best of Penny Dread Tales anthology published through Kevin J. Anderson’s WordFire Press. His upcoming young adult sci-fi/western epic series will also be published through WordFire Press. He lives in Colorado with his wife and two ancient goddesses of chaos posing as his daughters.
For more about him, his books, and how to overcome artistic angst, visit www.aaronmritchey.com. And I’m on Facebook as Aaron Michael Ritchey and I tweet – @aaronmritchey.
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2019 Bio From the Past
Aaron Michael Ritchey is the author of twenty-one novels. He’s been an Amazon All-Star, and the first book in The Juniper Wars series was a Dragon Award Finalist. His first project with Baen, The Cunning Man, co-written with DJ Butler, will be available November, 2019.
Writing as Aaron Michael Ritchey, he’s the author of seven well-received young adult novels including the award-winning Long Live the Suicide King. The first three books of The Juniper Wars series have all been nominated for InD’Tale Magazine’s YA Speculative Fiction novel of the year. The first book was a Dragon Award Finalist. His first project with Baen Books, The Cunning Man, co-written with DJ Butler, will be available November, 2019.
Writing as Aaron Crash, he is the co-author of War God’s Mantle series and the American Dragons series, both published by Shadow Alley Press. He’s been an Amazon All-Star and his books have broken into Amazon’s Top 100.
He lives in Colorado with his wife and two daughters but frequently travels to writers conferences and comic cons across the U.S. selling books, meeting fans, and collecting pen names.
Visit his website at www.aaronmritchey.com and he just loves Facebook. Find him at aaron.m.ritchey.
…richly drawn, beautifully complex characters…
—Kirkus Reviews
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2016 Bio For Fun and Events!
Aaron Michael Ritchey is the author of four young adult novels and his short fiction has appeared in various anthologies and online magazines. He is also a dynamic speaker, having taught classes all around the country on all aspects of writing fiction. In 2012, his first novel, The Never Prayer, was a finalist in the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Gold Conference. In 2015, his second novel, Long Live the Suicide King, won the Building the Dream award for best YA novel, and he spent the summer as the Artist in Residence at the Anythink Library. Dandelion Iron, the first book in his epic YA sci-fi western series, The Juniper Wars, is available now through Kevin J. Anderson’s WordFire Press. Aaron lives in Colorado with his cactus flower of a wife and two stormy daughters.
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2015 Bio From the Past
Aaron Michael Ritchey is the author of three young adult novels and his short fiction has appeared in various anthologies and online magazines. His also a dynamic speaker, having taught classes on all aspects of writing fiction around the country. In 2015, his second novel, Long Live the Suicide King, won the Building the Dream award for best YA novel, and he spent the summer as the Artist in Residence at the Anythink Library. The first book in his epic YA sci-fi western series, The Juniper Wars, is available now through Kevin J. Anderson’s WordFire Press. Aaron lives in Colorado with his cactus flower of a wife and two stormy daughters.
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2012 Bio From a long, long time ago!
Bio for interviews and press releases:
For 20 years, through 12 novels, Aaron Ritchey has stood at the mountain pass of Thermopylae and has surveyed the Persian army of rejection, failure and death and yet he continues to write. When he’s not battling Persians, you can find him supporting anesthesiology software, bicycling, or being swept away by the raw female power living in his house. His first novel, The Never Prayer, is available now from Crescent Moon Press.
Bio for workshops and speaking engagements:
About the Presenter – Aaron Ritchey’s dynamic workshops on writing inspiration and craft have helped thousands overcome their artistic angst. He continues to write and share his stories despite the intrusions of reality, mental anguish, and a family filled with sleepless little babies. His first novel, The Never Prayer, is available now from Crescent Moon Press.