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Rick Hodges

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Rick Hodges is a professional writer by day and author by night. A voyage to East Africa, and the experience of seeing how the people there lived in tandem with wildlife, inspired his debut novel, To Follow Elephants, which won a Nautilus Book Awards silver medal. Rick’s other fictional works include award-winning short stories and a stage play, Three Generations of Imbeciles, which shines the light on the once common practice of involuntary sterilization of people with disabilities in the U.S. Rick lives with his wife and two daughters in Arlington, Virginia.

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Rick Hodges I'm writing a novel about a small barrier island town on the Atlantic coast of Virginia in the form of an oral history told by its residents. The town…moreI'm writing a novel about a small barrier island town on the Atlantic coast of Virginia in the form of an oral history told by its residents. The town is a rare place where blacks and whites live together and intermarry, but tragedy rips the town apart when an outsider comes to live there and brings with him the poison of racism. It's inspired by a real ghost town on the coast near my hometown, Virginia Beach, VA.(less)

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Rick Hodges My wife and I traveled to Africa and I projected a plot onto the places we went and things I saw. The plot roughly follows the places we went, and man…moreMy wife and I traveled to Africa and I projected a plot onto the places we went and things I saw. The plot roughly follows the places we went, and many of the details I describe are from first-hand experience. (less)

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	To Follow Elephants 3.96 avg rating — 24 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Cheer: Cryptids Emerging - Volume Silver by Atlin Merrick (Editor), Ali Habashi, Alison McBain (Goodreads Author) 4.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Death of Driftwood it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Nautilus Book Award!

I am thrilled and honored to announce that my novel, To Follow Elephants, has received a Nautilus Book Awards silver medal!

Celebrating “better books for a better world,” for 20 years, the Nautilus Book Awards’ mission is to recognize books that “support conscious living and green values, high-level wellness, positive social change and social justice, and spiritual growth” with exceptional literary Read more of this blog post »

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Rick Hodges made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — wrong author of the same name linked to my books topic " Scott wrote: "Done. Include links next time." Thanks. That was my publisher's fault. They didn't know there's another me out there. ...more "
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