Finalist, 2018 Colorado Book Awards
Top Ten Books of 2017 – Westword Magazine
Arapahoe Libraries’ 2018 “Village Read”
WELCOME TO THE WEBSITE OF
David Hicks
David is the author of the debut novel, WHITE PLAINS (Conundrum Press/Bower House Books), a 2018 finalist for the Colorado Book Award, #1 of “Ten Great Books by Colorado Authors” (Westword, 2018), and Arapahoe County’s 2018 “Village Read.” Excerpts from the novel were published in Glimmer Train, Colorado Review, Specs, Saranac Review, South Dakota Review, and other journals. His children’s book, THE MAGIC TICKET, will be published in July 2024 by Fulcrum Books, and his second novel, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO DANNY, will be published by Vine Leaves Press in 2025.
David lives with his wife Cynthia in northeast Pennsylvania, where he directs the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University. He is represented by Victoria Skurnick of the Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency.
LATEST ARTICLES FROM
The Author’s Blog
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO DANNY, a New Novel from David Hicks
David's new novel, The Gospel According to Danny, has been a decade in the making, and [...]
Libraries: A Love Story
When I was a kid in Harrison, New York, a family tragedy crudely interrupted our [...]
“[A] tender and moving . . . story of loss, grief, and the healing power of storytelling” — a review of THE MAGIC TICKET from Midwest Book Review
Midwest Book Review, Children's Bookwatch, August 2024 The Magic Ticket David Hicks, author Kateri Kramer, [...]
Fiction as Truth
I'm writing this on the publication date of my children’s book, THE MAGIC TICKET (Fulcrum [...]
“A Beautiful Collaboration”: Writing and Illustrating a Children’s Book Together
In most cases, a children's book is written by the author, the author is fortunate [...]
THE MAGIC TICKET Kickstarter Campaign is Launched!
We have thirty days to fund David's book tour! Your donation to his Kickstarter campaign [...]
