Joshua Ritter is an actor and writer living in South Florida. He graduated from Ramapo College of New Jersey with a double BA in Acting and Literature and has been working as a professional actor ever since.
In 2012, Joshua Ritter’s sons, Noah and Aidan, were born— eleven weeks premature— marking the start of his journey as a father of special needs twins. Mr. Ritter started writing humorous stories and essays about the challenges of fulfilling his role as an inexperienced primary caregiver to children with multiple diagnoses.
The resulting work has been awarded significant accolade. Falling Down was a finalist for the Perkoff Prize from The Missouri Review and You Must Let Go of the Trapeze was awarded First Prize in the Soul-Making Keats Humor Competition and Third Place in the Seven Hills Literary Non-Fiction Contest. His other works earned an Honorable Mention for The Deanna Tulley Multimedia Competition (audio version), two Finalist positions for the Third Wednesday Flash Fiction Contest, and the short list for The Letter Review Prize for Flash Fiction. He is currently assembling these and other stories into a full-length book, a project which was a Finalist for the coveted Kenyon Review Developmental Editing Fellowship.
He also adapted these pieces into standup comedy material, which he is transforming into a one man show. The two projects serve as companion pieces chronicling the humorous and heartbreaking world of caring for children whose future, development, and support are undefined, misunderstood, and under siege.