Biographie

Twitter: #benditty
Facebook: facebook.com/benjaminditmars

Ben with author James Peercy

Ben is a bestselling author of gnomes, plays, poetry and more. He was first published in his college publications the Cornfield Review and KAPOW. Since then he has been featured in several online literary journals including: Flurries of Words, Samizdat Literary Journal, and Shine Journal.

As a founding member, he helped start the Quillective Project with Amber Norrgard, Scott Morgan and Rob Zimmermann. Their goal is raise money for different causes with an annual anthology. This past year they sponsored a no-kill animal shelter called Dog and Kitty City in the Dallas Texas area.

Ben has recorded several episodes of a podcast on poetry (Lyrical Versification) with his cohost, Amber Jerome~Norrgard. Listen in on iTunes or Stitcher Radio.

Ben lives in Marion, Ohio and is currently working toward his Master's Degree in education at the University of Findlay while substitute teaching. He hopes to instruct high school social studies full-time within the next year. 

He loves historical documentaries and all things gnome.