Career
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 San Francisco Signal.
Foreign publishing rights were purchased by Luzifer Verlag, and The Puller was translated and released in Germany.
Hodges is represented by Laura Wood of FinePrint Literary, New York City. 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).
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.
