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David Ritz

David Ritz

David Ritz

David Ritz is the only four-time winner of the Gleason Music Book Award. He has collaborated with Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, B.B. King, Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Smokey Robinson, and Don Rickles. He also cowrote, with Gaye, the song “Sexual Healing.”

A Moment in Time will be released on December 31, 2030 in Trade Paperback
Feb 09, 2012
Not Dead & Not for Sale will be released on July 10, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Feb 05, 2012
True You will be released on December 13, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Dec 13, 2011
True You is now available in Trade Paperback
Dec 13, 2011
A Moment in Time will be released on September 20, 2011 in eBook
Sep 20, 2011
A Moment in Time will be released on September 20, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Sep 20, 2011
A Moment in Time is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Sep 20, 2011
A Moment in Time is now available in eBook
Sep 20, 2011
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from Not Dead & Not for Sale
Sep 08, 2011
Excerpt:
Introduction from A Moment in Time
Sep 08, 2011
Author Appearances have been announced:
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Jul 20, 2011
Not Dead & Not for Sale is now available in Hardcover, eBook
May 17, 2011
Not Dead & Not for Sale will be released on May 17, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
May 17, 2011
Not Dead & Not for Sale is now available in eBook
May 17, 2011
Not Dead & Not for Sale will be released on May 17, 2011 in eBook
May 17, 2011
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from Not Dead & Not for Sale
May 14, 2011

Authors on the Web

EURweb, January 21, 2012
...Am ” for falling in love with you.] In the collection’s liner notes – written by biographer David Ritz – James is quoted: “It was a roller-coaster ride,” she says with a sigh, her mind racing with a million memories. “Man, it was...
Urban Mecca, December 18, 2011
...It’s a great moment.” The book was published by the HarperCollins imprint William Morrow and co-written with David Ritz. Ritz has written and co-written several celebrity biographies, including Marvin Gaye. “A love story, a crime story, a survival...
Jazz Times, November 29, 2011
...offices. Among the jazz-related honorees: 1 Author Will Friedwald accepts his ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, 2011 2 Author David Ritz accepts his ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, 2011 3 Anat Cohen performs in honor of Nat Hentoff at the 2011 ASCAP Deems Taylor...
Ventura County Star, November 17, 2011
...scheduled for release on Nov. 15. It was listed without a known release date on Amazon.com. Co-writer David Ritz, who has also written books with Grandmaster Flash, Ray Charles and Tavis Smiley, among others, also confirmed to the Voice that the book...
411mania.com, November 9, 2011
...2012 according to publishing house SmileyBooks. It was originally slated for a November 15th release date, but co-writer David Ritz stated the book would not make the November date. Kelly said: "I'm tired of being misunderstood. I will show you the...
Exclaim!, November 9, 2011
...to be set for Soula Coaster: The Diary of Me. The book was written with the aid of David Ritz. Thanks to NY Mag for the tip. Posted by Nameless Poseur On 2011-11-09 15:11:31you mean - Porna Coaster: The Diary of Pee?...
Fact Magazine, November 9, 2011
...good in my life as well as all the drama. I want to tell it like it is.” David Ritz, who co-wrote the book, has previously worked on books with Janet Jackson, B.B. King and Etta James, and co-wrote Marvin Gaye‘s hit single ‘Sexual Healing’. This...
Key Largo & Islamorada Free Press, December 19, 2011
...Deputy Executive Director Kerry Shelby, the second in charge at the agency, was not offered the top position. David Ritz was the only board member to lobby for advertising the positions and conducting a formal search. After the board meeting, Ritz told...
Marathon & Big Pine Free Press, December 19, 2011
...Deputy Executive Director Kerry Shelby, the second in charge at the agency, was not offered the top position. David Ritz was the only board member to lobby for advertising the positions and conducting a formal search. After the board meeting, Ritz told...
Urban Mecca, December 18, 2011
...It’s a great moment.” The book was published by the HarperCollins imprint William Morrow and co-written with David Ritz. Ritz has written and co-written several celebrity biographies, including Marvin Gaye. “A love story, a crime story, a survival...
USA Today, December 15, 2011
...lost 60 pounds, she writes in her book True You:A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself with David Ritz. "Some of my battles with weight have been very public," she says in the book. "But most of them have been internal. Even at my thinnest, when my...
USA Today, December 15, 2011
...lost 60 pounds, she writes in her book True You:A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself with David Ritz. "Some of my battles with weight have been very public," she says in the book. "But most of them have been internal. Even at my thinnest, when my...
USA Today, December 15, 2011
...lost 60 pounds, she writes in her book True You:A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself with David Ritz. "Some of my battles with weight have been very public," she says in the book. "But most of them have been internal. Even at my thinnest, when my...
Essence Magazine, December 14, 2011
...album (slated for a March 2012 release). He also has a book out, "Power & Beauty" co-written with David Ritz. He spoke with ESSENCE.com about his show, new music, and a controversial comment he mad about gay Americans. PHOTOS: Celebrities with Reality...