David Ritchie
A member of the Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch, David Ritchie has worked since 2000 as editor and writer at Lingua Forum, a Korean publisher of educational materials. For Lingua Forum, he has written and edited hundreds of books on numerous topics in science, history, literature and the arts, with emphasis on ESL education and on Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) prep materials. Major projects at Lingua Forum have included Lingua TOEFL CBT Insider: The Super Guide and the four-volume Lingua TOEFL iBT Core Topic Guide series. Specialties include copy editing and essay writing.
He attended the University of Virginia (BA with distinction, Environmental Science, 1973) and served for eight years as a newsletter editor at Business Publishers Inc., Silver Spring, MD. In 1995, he moved to Korea, where he has worked as an English-language specialist, writer, and editor in public relations, television production, and publishing. His book 10 Million Tigers (Korean title Horangyi Nara; pub. Nulbom, Seoul, 2002), a study of everyday life in Seoul, appeared on the Yahoo! Korea bestseller list. His articles have appeared in the New York Press, the Washington Post, and numerous other publications.
Prose style: terse, lean, vigorous.
Foreign languages: French, German.
Academic field: geology.
Interests: East Asian and Roman history and culture; British and American literature.
Hobby: writing light verse.
Profile at LinkedIn. Verse weblog at “Cautionary Tales for Our Time”.
Located In: Seoul, Seoul-si, South KoreaSpecialties: Book Editor, Writer, Copy Editor, ESL and TOEFL Prep Materials
Years of Experience: 30+
Memberships: Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch and Association of Ghostwriters
Honors: Yahoo! Korea bestseller list for "10 Million Tigers" (Nulbom, Seoul, 2002)
Books Contributed to: "Lingua TOEFL CBT Insider: The Super Guide", "Lingua TOEFL iBT Core Topic Guide" series (four volumes), and numerous others
Magazines Contributed to: New York Press, Washington Post, and numerous others
