Michael Hodges

Michael Hodges is an American speculative fiction writer. His short stories have appeared in over twenty magazines and anthologies, and 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 sat on the Amazon Best Seller charts for over a month. 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 also taught a writing panel with Game of Thrones editor Anne Groell ("How to Improve Your Novel's Ending", Missoula Con, 2015), and a writing panel with Eragon author Christopher Paolini. Along with writing fiction, Hodges is a professional nature photographer, with work appearing in Outside Magazine and newspapers, amongst other places. Animals often play a big role in his fiction, and the two art forms feed each other.