Patrick Hicks, Ph.D., M.A.
Patrick Hicks, Ph.D., M.A.
Professor of English; Writer-in-Residence
English & Journalism Department
Education
Ph.D. in Irish Literature, 2000, University of Sussex (England), M.A. in Irish Writing, 1995, Queen's University of Belfast (Northern Ireland), M.A. in Literature, 1994, DePaul University, B.A. in English, 1992, St. John's University
Biography
Dr. Patrick Hicks is the writer-in-residence at Augustana University, where he teaches courses on creative writing, Irish Studies and Holocaust Studies. He is the author of 15 books, including The Collector of Names, Adoptable and This London. He also wrote the critically and popularly acclaimed novel, The Commandant of Lubizec. His second novel about the Holocaust, In the Shadow of Dora, was a finalist for the ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Writing Competition, which is for novels that hold exceptional promise to be made into a movie. His latest novel, Across the Lake, takes place in the only all-female concentration camp in the Third Reich. His most recent book is Greater Minnesota: Exploring the Land of Sky-Blue Waters.
Hicks' work has appeared in journals and magazines, such as Ploughshares, The Missouri Review, The Georgia Review, Prairie Schooner, North American Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Salon, Chronicle of Higher Education, Commonweal, Huffington Post, Guernica, Fourth Genre, Utne Reader, The National Catholic Reporter and many others. Hicks has been nominated seven times for the Pushcart Prize, he was recently a finalist for the High Plains Book Award, Dzanc Short Story Competition, Gival Press Novel Award and Steinberg Essay Prize. His poetry has appeared on NPR, The PBS NewsHour and American Life in Poetry. His first novel held company among only 20 books selected for National Reading Group Month and was listed as a Top Pick for First Year College Programs. A winner of the Glimmer Train Fiction Award, he is also the recipient of a number of grants and fellowships, including awards from the Bush Artist Foundation, South Dakota Arts Council, Loft Literary Center and National Endowment for the Humanities. A former Visiting Fellow at Oxford, he was also the recipient of the Frederick C. Kohlmeyer Teaching Award and recently a finalist for an Emmy.
A dual-citizen of Ireland and America, Hicks has lived in Northern Ireland, England, Germany and Spain, but has returned to his Midwestern roots. He gives fiction and poetry readings all across the nation.