Sander Hicks

sander@softskull.com
631 424 1291
www.sanderhicks.com

 

WORK HISTORY:

CEO, Founder, Director
Soft Skull Press, Inc.
January, 1996-September 2001

I started Soft Skull in the back of a copy shop, but in nine years turned it into an internationally-known, highly-respected, award-winning publisher. I edited and published over 75 paperback and hardcover books to critical acclaim, with an authors list that ranged from REM lead singer Michael Stipe to promising new novelists. I acquired Fortunate Son, our controversial biography of George W. Bush, and the award-winning No More Prisons by William Upski Wimsatt. I developed new business ventures, including the creation of the e-commerce engine that grossed $68,000 in 2001. I raised $115,000 cash for the company through private placements of company stock. I negotiated and signed several major national and international distribution contracts which ignited explosive revenue growth. I appeared on 60 Minutes and in major print media regarding Fortunate Son, and acquired the lists’ two bestsellers: Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon and Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation’s Capital.

Kinko’s of Manhattan
August, 1991 - July, 1997

Under the mentorship of Managing Partner Stuart Bagwell, I learned all aspects of this aggressive, high-growth retail reprographic business. With Bagwell’s leadership, we went from one store to seven during my time there.

CURRENT OCCUPATIONS:

Playwright

Author of six full length plays produced Off-off Broadway to critical acclaim. Recently, I won a $5,000 commission from Playwright’s Horizons and wrote the political musical Sarcoxie & Sealove, scheduled to be workshopped this Fall.

"His work deals with problems of the overeducated and underemployed, of philosophies not quite elastic enough to make sense in the postmodern world, and of the role of responsibility in a nation whose morality is increasingly becoming a matter of wealth." –Eric Zass, Kyezine

United People for Social, Economic and Racial Justice
Coordinator

United People for Social, Economic and Racial Justice is a grassroots coalition of over 50 groups fighting racism and poverty on Long Island. I am responsible for recruiting, fundraising and administration. More info: UPSERJ

 

AWARDS

I accepted the Firecracker Alternative Book Award for Outstanding Independent Press Award, 2001 as well as the Firecracker for Best Book: Politics on behalf of the author for NoMore Prisons. I am a member playwright at New Dramatists.

PUBLIC SPEAKING

I have spoken in the past two years at NYU, Cornell, The American Society of Journalists and Authors, University of Louisville, and at Book Expo America 2001.

EDUCATION

B.A., Writing and Literature, May, 1993, GPA: 3.7
New School for Social Research, New York City