Michael Hodges is an American speculative fiction writer, photographer, conservation essayist, and internet personality. His latest publication is a guest essay in the Chicago Tribune, concerning greed, sprawl, and the Grizzly Bear 399. 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. Foreign publishing rights were purchased by Luzifer Verlag, and The Puller was translated and released in Germany. His follow-up novel was The Invasive, a science fiction novel about alien ecosystem replacement in Montana. Audio rights were purchased by Tantor Media, with an AudioBook release date of February 28, 2017. Michael's short stories have been published in various magazines and anthologies. In March, 2021, reprint rights for The Puller were sold to Pyr, with distribution by Simon and Schuster. The Puller was developed as an audiobook by Tantor Media, with a release date of February 28, 2022.
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 photographer, with work appearing in Outside Magazine, newspapers, and with conservation groups. Animals and nature often play a big role in his fiction, and the two art forms feed each other.