David Hicks
featured Appearance: Saturday, October 12th at 10am
David Hicks is the author of the novel WHITE PLAINS (Bower House), a finalist for the Colorado Book Award and Westword’s #1 book by Colorado authors in 2018; a children’s book, THE MAGIC TICKET (Fulcrum, July 2024), and a second novel, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO DANNY, forthcoming from Vine Leaves Press (2025). An award-winning professor and recipient of two Fulbright scholarships in the Czech Republic, David directs the nationally ranked Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, PA. He lives in Scranton with his wife Cynthia and dog Louie.
Featured Book: The magic Ticket
When his beloved sister dies and his parents are too grief-stricken to attend to him, a little boy must figure out on his own how to process what has happened. When he visits his local library and a kind librarian hands him a “magic ticket,” he finds an unexpected sanctuary in the world of books. Could reading be the gateway to understanding, and coping with, such a devastating loss?
David Hicks (author) and Kateri Kramer (illustrator) have created a tender and moving tale of loss, grief, and the healing power of storytelling, “a love letter to story, to books, and to libraries as a space to nourish both mind and heart” (Maria Mayo, Anythink Libraries).
Recommended for ages six and seven, and for grown-ups everywhere whose childhoods, like that of the author, were forever changed by the death of a loved one.
