Rick Ramseyer

Rick Ramseyer is an accomplished storyteller with extensive experience as a nonfiction writer, magazine editor, newspaper reporter, online journalist, and corporate communications professional. His first book, Girl Without a Country: The Untold Story of a Landmark Fight for U.S. Citizenship, will be published in August 2026 by Purdue University Press. His interest in this remarkable story extends well beyond documenting an important aspect of the history of conscientious objection: The protagonist, Martha Graber, was his maternal grandmother. Rick has a bachelor’s degree in communication from Bluffton University and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri. In 2018 and 2019, he was awarded writing residencies at the Hewnoaks Artist Residency, where Girl Without a Country took shape.