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First Name C P
Last Name Hicks Halloran
Member Since January 4, 2019
State BC
Country Canada
Pen Name Caitlin Hicks
Branch Affiliation Metro Vancouver (includes Victoria)
Website www.caitlinhicks.com
Blog https://www.caitlinhicks.com/wordpress/blog/
Twitter @CateHicks
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CaitlinHicksTheWritingLife/
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4861860.Caitlin_Hicks
Bio Caitlin Hicks is an author, international playwright, and acclaimed performer in British Columbia. Her debut novel A THEORY OF EXPANDED LOVE published in the US, won numerous awards: iBooks Best New Fiction, Bronze Book of the Year in Literary Fiction (Indiefab Award), Best Inspirational Fiction (Next Generation Indie Awards), Literary Fiction (Somerset Awards) Silver Medal: Inspirational Fiction (Reader’s Favorite) and JDC Top Must Read Books of 2015. Hicks has performed on CBC regional and national radio; one of her plays SINGING THE BONES was adapted to film and screened internationally to critical acclaim. Her monologues are featured in Smith & Kraus’ series “Best Women’s Stage Monologues” (New York), and “She Writes” (Playwrights Canada Press). Hicks’ writing has been published in The Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Vancouver Sun and other publications. Before becoming a playwright and performer, Hicks worked in publicity for CBS radio and was Manager, Advertising and Promotion for NBC radio in San Francisco. Later, as Press Manager for the public art projects Paintings Below Zero, Hicks facilitated millions of dollars of free international publicity on all media platforms. For these installations in major international cities, she created a temporary fan base of tens of thousands through project-specific blogs. www.paintingsbelowzero.blogspot.com www.paintingsbelowzeroatmillenniumpark.blogspot.com www.paintingsbelowzeroinontario.blogspot.com www.theicegate.blogspot.com
Publications Film SINGING THE BONES, Fat Salmon Cinema, Inc. 2001 World Premiere: Montreal World Film Festival. Mill Valley Film Festival, Ojai International Film Festival, Tahoe International Film Festival Theatre Playwrights Union of Canada (1998) Toronto, Ontario, SINGING THE BONES International Reader’s Theatre (1998) Winnipeg, Manitoba: SIX PALM TREES & JUST A LITTLE FEVER Periodicals The Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Vancouver Sun, Coast Reporter, Coast Life and others Anthology Fiddlehead, No 231, Spring 2007, Frederickton, New Brunswick, Canada, "CATHOLIC LOVE" Playwrights Canada Press (2004) Toronto, She Speaks: one monologue from Just A Little Fever Knight Literary Journal, Volume 2 (2004), Virginia, USA: George Goes for a Walk, short story Smith & Kraus (2000) New York, Best Women’s Stage Monologues of 2000: Four monologues from JUST A LITTLE FEVER Smith & Kraus (1998) New York, Best Women’s Stage Monologues of 1997:Two monologues from SINGING THE BONES Radio CBC: Commentary (1997), National Broadcast,Canada: One of those days CBC: Morningside (1996), National Broadcast, Canada: Cornucopia CBC: Commentary (1996), National Broadcast, Canada: A Woman’s Body CBC: Almanac(1994 & 1995), Regional Broadcast, British Columbia Read Island Santa Claus, My First Christmas with Rachel, Cornucopia & Christmas Monster of Ripple Rock Print COAST LIFE, (2017) Clark Hamilton, Builder COAST LIFE, (2018), Getting to Know You COAST REPORTER, (2015) series: Art is Life a Road Trip for the Senses FEATHERED FLOUNDER, (December 2012) Saving Scarlett, short story LMU MAGAZINE (2010), Los Angeles, My Take MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL (2003), Wisconsin, A visit for remembrance JUST BUSINESS PEOPLE (2009), Sunshine Coast, B.C.: A place of quiet celebration GEORGIA STRAIGHT(1998) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Birthing Pains 3rd International Homebirth Conference published in: Birth Gazette, (1997) Summertown, TN Midwifery Matters, UK (1997) Midwifery Today (1998) United States Birthing (1997) Calgary, Alberta, Canada Online Birth Center News (1997) The Good News Network (1997) Online BIRTH ISSUES (Fall, 1997) Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer: Alberta, Canada: I am a cultural worker HERIZONS (1996) Winnipeg, Manitoba: One Man’s Family BIRTH GAZETTE, Summertown, TN: (1996) Fourth Annual Birth Gazette Conference VANCOUVER SUN, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (1993) The Weekend Sun: Trouble in Paradise, (1992) Voices: Doctors Must Also Share the Pain THE COAST NEWS (1992 – 1994) Sunshine Coast, B.C. Canada Biweekly column – Mountains of Things SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (1980 Datebook) San Francisco, California: David Heller’s Style – News with a View The Events of Tomorrow, According to David Hoy Night Waves with Ponek – A Time for Hope and Dreams The Middle East: Images of Other Cultures & The Double Wink of Big Tom SAN FRANCISCO PROGRESS (1980) San Francisco, California: Leo Ciolino is a Weather Watcher SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Datebook: (1978) You Develop a Sense of Humor Reporting the News (1979) The Wake Up Voice of Hart, Uncanned, Unscripted THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (1974) Los Angeles, California, Daily Camp Fund articles CATALYST MAGAZINE (1973), Grandpa’s Story
Other Memberships The Writers Union of Canada BC Federation of Writers (Area Representative, past Regional Representative) Past member of Playwrights Guild of Canada
Awards Awards A THEORY OF EXPANDED LOVE, iBooks, Best New Fiction, Spring 2015 A THEORY OF EXPANDED LOVE, BRONZE MEDAL Book of the Year (Literary Fiction) INDIEFAB AWARDS, 2015 A THEORY OF EXPANDED LOVE, Winner: Somerset Awards, 1st Place Best Literary Fiction A THEORY OF EXPANDED LOVE, Winner: Best Inspirational Fiction, Next Generation Indy Awards A THEORY OF EXPANDED LOVE, Silver: Reader’s Favourite A THEORY OF EXPANDED LOVE, DC TOP 50 Must Read Books of 2015 One South – Semifinalist, HE Francis Short Story Competition – That Rescue Feeling – Shortlisted, John Spencer Hill Fiction Award –
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Genres Drama, Freelance, Gay & Lesbian, Horror, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Parenting, Poetry, Short Stories, Speculative, Young Adult
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