Ned Hickson

Ned Hickson is an award-winning nationally syndicated columnist and retired journalist. He has been awarded “Best Local Column” and “Best Commentary” from both the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association and the Society of Professional Journalists.

His first book, "Humor at the Speed of Life" (2013), is a collection of columns over his 23 years at Siuslaw News, where he also served as editor-in-chief from 2016-2021. His second book, "Pearls of Writing Wisdom: From 16 shucking years as a columnist" (2016), is a humorous writer’s guide offering tips, inspiration and insights from his many years as a columnist and writer.

"No Safe Harbor" (2023) was the first in his Pacific Northwest-based crime/suspense series featuring Seattle private investigator "Shane McPhearson." The next book in the series, “Harbinger of Truth,” was released Nov. 16, 2025. The next book in the Shane McPhearson series, "Requiem for Revenge," is scheduled for release in fall 2026.

Spring of 2027, he will release his first Y/A paranormal fiction mystery, "The Truth About Emily," about a teenage boy who begins to unravel the truth behind the death of a girl at a Troubled Teen camp after she reaches out to him from the afterlife.

Ned Hickson lives in a small town on the central Oregon coast with his amazing wife, his Harley Sportster, a crazy female tabby cat, and a growing murder of neighborhood crows.