:Randall Hicks
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{{short description|American writer and attorney (born 1956)}}
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| birth_place = Orange, California, U.S.
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| occupation = Author and attorney
| alma_mater = Pepperdine University School of Law
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Randall Hicks (born October 28, 1956) is an American writer and attorney.
Early life
Randall Bruce Hicks was born in Orange, California. He worked as an actor, under the screen name, Randy Shepard, in small TV and film roles commencing in 1980: When Hell Was in Session (TV movie), Cutter's Way (film){{cite web|title=Randy Shepard filmography|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0791671/?ref_=nv_sr_1|website=IMDb.com|publisher=IMDb|access-date=January 15, 2017}} and Escape! (network TV pilot).{{cite web|title=Escape – 1980|url=http://www.hollywood.com/tv/escape-59469961/|website=Hollywood.com|publisher=Hollywood.com|access-date=January 15, 2017}} In 1982 he moved to Nice, France and worked as an English teacher, before returning to the United States to attend law school and commencing the practice of law in 1986, graduating from Pepperdine University School of Law.{{cite web|title=Fallbook Mystery Writer Finds Novel Niche|url=http://legacy.sandiegouniontribune.com/uniontrib/20070107/news_lz1mi7fallbro.html|website=San Diego Union Tribune}}
Legal career
Randall Hicks's legal career has been focused on adoption law{{cite news|last1=Brunet|first1=Elena|title=Clipboard: How to Adopt a Child|issue=(Orange County Edition)|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 6, 1990}} and he has authored several books on that subject.{{cite web|last1=Mansnesus|first1=Laura|title=Market Puts Price Tags on the Priceless|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/26/us/market-puts-price-tags-on-the-priceless.html|work=New York Times|access-date=January 13, 2017}}
Writing career
Hicks's first books were non-fiction on the subject of adoption. His first novel, The Baby Game, won the 2006 Gumshoe Award{{cite web|title=Gumshoe Awards 2006|url=http://awardsandwinners.com/category/gumshoe-awards/2006/|website=awradsandwinners.com|publisher=awardsandwinners.com|access-date=January 29, 2017}} and was a finalist for the Anthony Award,{{cite web|title=Winners and Nominees 2000s|url=http://www.bouchercon.com/anthony-awards/winners-and-nominees/2000s/|website=bouchercon.com|publisher=Bouchercon Inc.|access-date=January 29, 2017}} Barry Award{{cite web|title=Barry Awards|url=http://www.deadlypleasures.com/barry.html|website=deadlypleasures.com|publisher=Deadly Pleasures Magazine|access-date=January 29, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423032903/http://www.deadlypleasures.com/barry.html|archive-date=April 23, 2012}} and Macavity Award{{cite web|title=Macavity Awards|url=http://mysteryreaders.org/macavity-awards/|website=mysteryreaders.org|publisher=Mystery Readers International|access-date=January 29, 2017}} (Best First Novel).
Bibliography
= Non-Fiction Books =
- Adopting in California (1992){{cite news|title=Independent Adoption Subject of Lawyers' Book|publisher=Orange County Register|date=July 14, 1992}}
- Adopting in California, Revised Edition (1999)
- ADOPTING IN AMERICA: How To Adopt Within One Year (five editions, 1992–2011){{cite news|last1=Zaslow|first1=Jeffrey|title=Jeffrey Zaslow's Column|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times|date=March 10, 1998}}{{cite web|title=Adopting in America review|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-9631638-4-4|website=publishersweekly.com|publisher=Publishers Weekly|access-date=January 25, 2017}}
- ADOPTION: The Essential Guide to Adopting Quickly and Safely (2007){{cite web|title=Adoption: The Essential Guide Review|url=http://www.parentguidenews.com/Authors/RandallHicks|website=parentguidenews.com|publisher=Media Network Corporation|access-date=January 25, 2017}}
- STEP PARENTING: 50 One-Minute DOs & DON'Ts for Stepdads & Stepmoms (2016){{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Juliane|title=Teen-Parent Trust, Creative Block Play, Blended Families, Tech Education – Parenting Reviews November 1, 2016|url=http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2016/10/collection-development/parenting-short-takes/teen-parent-trust-creative-block-play-blended-families-tech-education-parenting-reviews-november-1-2016/|website=Library Journal|publisher=Library Journal|access-date=January 13, 2017}}
= Fiction Books =
- The Baby Game (2005){{cite journal|last1=Klett|first1=Rex|title=Mystery Reviews|journal=Library Journal|date=July 2005|page=56}}{{cite web|title=The Baby Game – Book Review|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-9631638-5-1|website=Publishers Weekly|publisher=PublishersWeekly|access-date=January 13, 2017}}
- Baby Crimes (2007){{cite web|title=Baby Crimes review|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-9794430-0-8|website=publishersweekly.com|publisher=Publishers Weekly|access-date=January 25, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.januarymagazine.com/crfiction/babycrimes.html|title=From Cradle to Crime|last=Winter|first=James R.|date=September 2007|publisher=January Magazine|access-date=January 30, 2017}}
= Children's books =
- Adoption Stories for Young Children (1995)
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