Michael Hodges is an American speculative fiction writer, essayist, and Meta internet personality, reaching 150 million people a year. 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 follow-up novel was The Invasive, a science fiction novel about alien ecosystem replacement in Montana. Michael’s short stories have been published in over twenty magazines and anthologies. In March, 2021, reprint rights for The Puller were sold to Pyr, with distribution by Simon and Schuster. The Puller was developed as an audiobook by Tantor Media, with a release date of February 28th, 2022.

Hodges’ is represented by Lane Heymont of Tobias Literary Agency. 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 photographer, with work appearing in Outside Magazine (Best Adventure Photography of the Year) and newspapers, amongst other places. Animals and nature often play a big role in his fiction, and the two art forms feed each other. His latest publication is a full page guest essay in the Chicago Tribune on Grizzly bear 399, concerning her life story, and sprawl. Themes that run in his writing, both non-fiction and fiction.

Any of his images on social media (@michaelhodgesauthor) are available in matte, canvas, or steel prints. Contact his assistant, Laura, at writer@michaelhodgesfiction.com for pricing.

You can follow Michael on his Facebook here.

Or view his novels and short stories here.

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