Author Archives: IngridRicks

About IngridRicks

Ingrid Ricks is the author of Hippie Boy: A Girl’s Story, a New York Times memoir bestseller that was recently acquired by Berkley, a division of Penguin Random House. The book is scheduled for nationwide paperback release January 2014. She is also the author of Focus, a memoir about her journey with the blinding eye disease Retinitis Pigmentosa. She is currently working on a memoir about her yearlong quest to heal her eyesight, and is blogging about her journey at www.determinedtosee.com

• Making it as an Indie Author – My Thoughts

  Posted on June 27, 2012 by IngridRicks in Articles

  Author Marketing Guru and Writer Laura Pepper Wu recently asked me to share my thoughts regarding my journey as an indie author–including my ongoing marketing strategies and the advice I have for others who are considering taking the indie author plunge.

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• Hippie Boy Book Trailer: Starring my 13-year-old Daughter

  Posted on June 22, 2012 by IngridRicks in Articles

  My daughter teamed with a friend, Kayla Moore, to make a book trailer of my memoir Hippie Boy in her 7th grade TV production class. It stars Syd and my husband as my dad and I at that age.

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