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R.K. Fitten is a trained journalist, who has done extensive reporting across the country, specializing in criminal justice and social issues. He also has considerable experience in market and public opinion research.
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R.K. Fitten
R.K. Fitten is an award-winning journalist, who has done extensive reporting across the country, specializing in criminal justice and social issues. He also has considerable experience in sales, and market and public opinion research.
The native Detroiter earned a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, spent a year as a Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan, and has been the recipient of more than a dozen feature and news-writing-reporting awards, including the Washington State Governor’s Journalism Award for stories about the developmentally disabled.
One of his former employers, The Seattle Times, nominated several of his articles for a Pulitzer Prize.
One of his former employers, The Seattle Times, nominated a body of his work for a Pulitzer Prize.
The March, which he characterizes as art imitating life, is his debut novel. A second novel, Music Rain, will be released in the fall of 2026.
The pandemic, Fitten revealed, compelled him to embark on a “dark night of the soul writing sojourn” in which he completed three novels in three years. And he expects to continue that writing sojourn until he “transitions to the land of stars.”
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the March: A new Chapter Begins With the Grand launch Event
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The March is R.K. Fitten’s debut novel. His second novel, Music Rain, will be released in the fall of 2026.