Price Hicks

Price Hicks was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1927 but spent much of her early life in Fort Payne, which is in DeKalb County in the northeast corner of Alabama.

She attended Alabama College for Women, where she was student body president. The day she graduated from college, she married Paul Hicks, who had been stationed nearby while in the Army.

They moved to Providence, Rhode Island, where Paul attended Brown University and where they had their two daughters, Pamela and Leslie.

After several other moves, they arrived in Los Angeles in 1959, where Paul worked for Rand Corporation.

Price began taking graduate writing classes at California State University, Northridge. Her story “Thursday’s Child” was written during this period and selected to be published in a university literary magazine.

An internship at TV station KCET led to a 14-year job during which she produced several long-running news and public affairs series. She received four Emmys, a Golden Mike, and special recognition from the City of Los Angeles and American Women in Radio & Television.

She was asked to join the staff of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to head up its educational programs and services. Her department administered three major national programs for college students and faculty: the Student Internship Program, the College Television Awards and Festival, and the annual Faculty Seminar for Film, TV, and Digital Media college professors.

After 20 years in that position, Price retired and once again pursued her writing interests.