Michael Ritter

Michael Ritter has been involved in the arts for most of his adult life. He studied Art and Creative Writing at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, where he was editor of the student newspaper. He went on to become the editorial cartoonist for The Daily Texan at the University of Texas.

Upon leaving college, Michael achieved critical acclaim for his series of full-color, cartoon, political posters, one of which was placed in the political memorabilia archives at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library.

During the 1990's, Michael's cartoon strip, The New West, was published by Country City Music News magazine out of Nashville, Tennessee.

He is co-author of a play entitled Tarot Terror for an independent filmmaker, and wrote and illustrated a comic book for the Texas Coalition for the Prevention of Child Abuse.

His latest endeavor, The Brat Chronicles, is a comical novel about a military family, living in Germany during the early 1970's.

Michael works as a Rehab Technology Specialist for the State of Texas, where he assists people with disabilities. He has been married to the 'same wonderful, supportive woman' for twenty-nine years, and makes his home in Austin, Texas.