The gospel According to  Danny

Masterful…broke my heart wide open.”
– Barbara J. Taylor, Rain Breaks No Bones

“Powerful, dark, funny, and tragic…a mesmerizing work that will stay with you long after you finish.”
– Gary Ryman, author of Fire Men

“With exquisitely muscular prose Hicks has created a harrowing and vivid fever dream of one man’s existential descent into oblivion.”
– Ted LoRusso, author of Ted the Waiter

The gospel According to  Danny

Masterful…broke my heart wide open.”
– Barbara J. Taylor, Rain Breaks No Bones

“Powerful, dark, funny, and tragic…a mesmerizing work that will stay with you long after you finish.”
– Gary Ryman, author of Fire Men

“With exquisitely muscular prose Hicks has created a harrowing and vivid fever dream of one man’s existential descent into oblivion.”
– Ted LoRusso, author of Ted the Waiter

Books by David Hicks

Books by David Hicks

“A motormouth Philip Roth.”
– Matt Bell, author of Appleseed

“A salve when we are hurting.”
– Maria Mayo, Anythink Libraries

“A gorgeous and unforgettable debut.”
– Kathy Fish, author of Wild Life

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Reviews of David's Work

Reviews of David's Work

The Gospel
According to Danny

“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.”

Lori Ostlund

author of Are You Happy?

White Plains

“…an English professor realizes he can no longer stand to live a life of quiet desperation. Comic and tender by turns, White Plains is a big-hearted novel about awakening—and reawakening—to love.”

Leni Zumas

author of Red Clocks

The Magic Ticket

“This beautiful book brought tears to my eyes, in the best way possible. A true gift to any family who is experiencing loss, The Magic Ticket offers hope and healing with profound love and grace.”

Claire Bidwell Smith

author of Conscious Grieving

The Gospel
According to Danny

“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.”

Matt Bell

author of Appleseed

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