Dean Hughes
Dean Hughes has published more than one hundred books. He has written fiction as well as non-fiction for all ages: children, young adults and adults. He is best known for Children of the Promise, a series of historical novels about the World War II. His young adult novel, Soldier Boys, published by Simon and Schuster, has received national critical acclaim, as has his newest book “Four-Four-Two.”
Dean graduated with a BA from Weber State University and holds an MA in creative writing and a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of Washington. He and his wife Kathy have three children and nine grandchildren. They recently returned from Lebanon, where they provided humanitarians service for a year and a half. They live in Midway, Utah.