Nationality American Period 2010–present | Name Michael Hodges | |
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Born February 21, 1976 (age 48)
Winfield, Illinois ( 1976-02-21 ) Occupation Novelist, short story writer Genre Horror, dark fantasy, science fiction | ||
Michael Hodges is an American speculative fiction writer. His debut novel, The Puller, was released on April 24, 2015. The film rights for The Puller were purchased by Sonny Mallhi, producer of The Strangers and The Lake House. The Puller also received a five star review from SF Signal. Foreign publishing rights were purchased by Luzifer Verlag, and The Puller was translated and released in Germany. His latest novel is The Invasive, a science fiction novel about alien ecosystem replacement in Montana. The Invasive is an Amazon best-seller, and audio rights were purchased by Tantor Media, with an AudioBook release date of February 28th, 2017. Michael's short stories have been published in over twenty magazines and anthologies.
Michael primarily writes eco-thrillers with endangered species content, or environmental themes.
Hodges' fiction is represented by Lane Heymont of Tobias Literary Agency. Laura Wood of FinePrint Literary, NYC, is his non-fiction agent. Film agent Susan Schulman (The English Patient) handled film rights. He's also a member of HWA, and SFWA.
He also taught a writing panel with Game of Thrones editor Anne Groell ("How to Improve Your Novel's Ending", Missoula Con, 2015).
Along with writing fiction, Hodges is a professional nature photographer, with work appearing in Outside Magazine (Adventure Photography of the Year) and newspapers, amongst other places. Animals often play a big role in his fiction, and the two art forms feed each other. His latest novel is Black Friday, due in 2017.