Finalist, 2018 Colorado Book Awards
Top Ten Books of 2017 – Westword Magazine
Arapahoe Libraries’ 2018 “Village Read”
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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.
PRAISE FOR THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO DANNY
“Set amidst the political and cultural milestones of the early 21st-century, David Hicks’s The Gospel of Danny explores the way that tragedy splits life into before and after. In deeply evocative prose, Hicks writes of class and race, parenthood and love and friendship, violence and grief, and, most of all, transformation. Hicks is wise and compassionate, as he narrates this very American tale.”
“In The Gospel According to Danny, David Hicks serves up a breakneck pursuit of the American Dream, plumbing the triumphs and disappointments of the early twenty-first century with enviable humor and generous grace. Writing like a motormouth Philip Roth, Hicks deftly and defiantly explores how we chart our own individual destinies, as well as how we’re each shaped by the shareable dreams of marriage and parenthood, family and country.”
“The Gospel According to Danny is a dark, funny, modern parable of the prodigal son coming home to a self worth becoming. From the vineyards of the restaurant business, through a dark wood of marriage let free in the wilds of 21st Century American West and back, Hicks offers a deeply effecting portrait of a young man misspending his life into wisdom, empathy, and the capacity for love that, against the odds, makes it all worthwhile.”
“…Anyone who’s worked in the service industry will appreciate the behind-the-scenes restaurant drama. Hicks’ exploration of marriage is nuanced and poignant: two people inexorably drawn apart by forces only partially in their control. Ultimately, Hicks paints a dynamic portrait of relatable characters while at the same time portraying, with unflinching vigor, the fall of the American empire.
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The Author’s Blog
Writing Through Difficulty
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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO DANNY, a New Novel from David Hicks
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Libraries: A Love Story
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“[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
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