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Stuart Hotchkiss

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in Richmond, VA, The United States

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Fiction, Contemporary, Spirituality

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H. Stuart Hotchkiss is the award-winning author of Baker Vaughan: A Novel (2026) as well as his memoir, Southern Fried Fiction (2015).

He is a former publishing chief who served as executive creative director of Time Inc. and president of Time Home Entertainment Inc. He is also past president of the Direct Marketing Association of Washington.

His first published work, “The Biological Crosswords,” was released when he was sixteen (1971). It was included in the curriculum for every public high school biology teacher in the state of Virginia.

Hotchkiss served as an Adjunct Professor at New York University, teaching a course called “Creative and Media Strategies.”

A native of Richmond, Virginia, Hotchkiss now lives in Boise, Idaho, where he lives ...more

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Average rating: 4.48 · 40 ratings · 21 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Baker Vaughan: A Novel 4.50 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2026 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Southern Fried Fiction: How The Insidious Onset Of Depression Derailed A Successful Man's Life 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I am pleased to share my Kirkus Review of Baker Vaughan. Their Verdict: GET IT!

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A writer's novel. Marvelous storytelling. Most worthy of the Pulitzer Prize! One day, I hope to write as well as Tony. ...more
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Lovely story. Really nice pacing as we get to know Theo and the subjects of his gifting. His landlord/attorney and that man's gatekeeper are described is wonderful detail. Then the story goes off in another direction which I find to be tangential to ...more
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