Publicist is Caitlin Hamilton Marketing, LLC, [email protected], (303) 725-2613. • National media campaign, including TV and radio. • National print and online campaign, including reviews, features, and original essays. • 9-city national tour involving bookstores as well as book festivals, libraries, and associations: Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, Lexington, Louisville, New York, South Florida, Baltimore. • Publication date aligned with 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. • Prepublication industry buzz campaign, including widespread galley mailings, author appearances, 1/3 4c ad in Publishers Weekly Winter Institute supplement, January 13, 2020 issue, full page sponsored profile ad in July 13, 2020 Publishers Weekly, and ads in other key trades. In addition, 75 galley give away with librarian-tailored insert, Publishers Weekly Pop Up booth, ALA annual trade show June 20-25, 2020. • Targeted outreach to Ohio libraries and independent bookstores. • Media campaign to Jewish media outlets (Jewish Book World, Lilith, Hadassah Magazine, The Forward, Jewishcommunityradio.org) • Jewish Book Council “Authors on Tour” program for nationwide events (there are more than 100 Jewish Community Centers in their network). • Reading group promotions and outreach to top book club sites; NetGalley giveaways. • Outreach focus in trades about author as bookseller-novelist. • Social media campaign, including prepublication outreach to bookstagrammers and Facebook and Instagram advertising. • Content marketing.

An extraordinary narrative inspired by true events. 1938. Eli Stoff and his parents, Austrian Jews, escape to America just after Germany takes over their homeland. Within five years, Eli joins the US Army and, like all those who became known as Ritchie boys, he works undercover in Intelligence on the European front to help the Allies win World War II. In A Ritchie Boy, different characters tell interrelated stories that, together, form a cohesive narrative that follows Eli from Vienna to New York, from Ohio to Maryland, and then to war-torn Europe before he returns to the heartland of his new country to set down his roots. Set during the dawn of World War II and the disruptive decade to follow, A Ritchie Boy is the poignant, compelling tale of one young immigrant's triumph over adversity.