Bob Riter

BOB RITER is a cancer survivor and advocate who served as Executive Director of the Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes in Ithaca, New York, and later as a patient advocate within Cornell University’s Physical Sciences and Oncology Center.

Riter received the 2006 Innovation in Breast Cancer Research and Education Award in the health professional category from the New York State Innovation in Breast Cancer Research and Education Program. He holds a master’s degree in health services administration from the University of Michigan and attended Oberlin College. His writing on cancer has appeared in the Ithaca Journal, Newsweek and CR Magazine.

When not writing, Riter draws on his experience as a breast cancer survivor, diagnosed in 1996 at the age of 40. That personal history informs his work as an advocate within the cancer community.

Bob lives in Ithaca, New York.

Bob Riter’s books are published by Hunter House, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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