Dean Hughes
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Dean Hughes is a prominent author of historical novels and children's books.
Dean Hughes was born in Ogden, Utah in 1943, and grew up in very humble circumstances. He started telling people in junior high that he was going to be a writer, but he did not become serious until he took a creative writing class in high school. During his senior year in high school he started his first novel.
He attended Weber State University studying English, and received a Masters in creative writing and a PhD in literature from the University of Washington. Before he became a full-time writer, he taught English at Central Missouri State University for 8 years. Hughes has also taught creative writing at Brigham Young University.
Hughes was 35 when his first book was published. He has written and published over ninety books. Much of his writing is targeted to children and young adults (particularly sports-themed and World War II-era books), although he is also well known to adult readers of LDS Fiction for his meticulously researched "Children of the Promise" and "Hearts of the Children" series, set in World War II and Vietnam War eras respectively. He is one of the writers largely credited with the rapidly increasing quality of Mormon literature in recent years.
Hughes takes great pride in his professionalism and is known for never missing deadlines.
In March 2008, Hughes received a Lifetime Achievement award at the inaugural Whitney Awards.
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[edit] Bibliography (books only)
- Under the Same Stars (1979)
- As Wide as the Rain (1980)
- Nutty for President (1981)
- Switching Tracks (1982)
- Facing the Enemy (1982)
- Millie Willenheimer and the Chestnut Corporation (1983)
- Nutty and the Case of the Ski-Slope Spy (1985)
- Nutty and the Case of the Mastermind Thief (1985)
- Jelly's Circus (1986)
- Brothers (1986)
- The Mormon Church: A Basic History (1986)
- Theo Zephyr (1987)
- Jenny Haller (1987)
- Hooper Haller (1987)
- Nutty Knows All (1988)
- Cornbread and Prayer (1988)
- Nutty, The Movie Star (1989)
- Family Pose (1989)
- Winning Streak (1990)
- What a Catch! (1990)
- Rookie Star (1990)
- Pressure Play (1990)
- Lucky's Gold Mine (1990)
- Lucky's Crash Landing (1990)
- Lucky Breaks Loose (1990)
- Line Drive (1990)
- Championship Game (1990)
- Big Base Hit (1990)
- Up to Bat (1991)
- Superstar Team (1991)
- Stroke of Luck (1991)
- Safe at First (1991)
- Play-Off (1991)
- Lucky's Mud Festival (1991)
- Lucky Fights Back (1991)
- All Together Now (1991)
- Victory Goal (1992)
- Total Soccer (1992)
- Psyched! (1992)
- Lucky the Detective (1992)
- Lucky's Tricks (1992)
- Backup Goalie (1992)
- Lullaby and Goodnight (1992)
- Shake-Up (1993)
- Point Guard (1993)
- On the Line (1993)
- Nutty's Ghost (1993)
- Nothing But Net (1993)
- Lucky's Cool Club (1993)
- Lucky in Love (1993)
- Go to the Hoop! (1993)
- Baseball Tips Book (1993)
- The Trophy (1994)
- One-Man Team (1994)
- Great Stories from Mormon History (1994)
- Lucky Comes Home (1994)
- Find the Power (1994)
- Re-Elect Nutty! (1995)
- Team Picture (1996)
- Since You Went Away (1997)
- Rumors of War (1997)
- Far from Home (1998)
- Brad and Butter: Play Ball! (1998)
- When We Meet Again (1999)
- Take Your Base (1999)
- No Fear (1999)
- No Easy Out (1999)
- Grand Slam (1999)
- Bases Loaded (1999)
- As Long as I Have You (2000)
- The Writing on the Wall (2001)
- Soldier Boys (2001)
- Troubled Waters (2002)
- How Many Roads (2003)
- Midway to Heaven (2003)
- So Much of Life Ahead (2005)
- All Moms Go To Heaven (2005)
- Search and Destroy (2005)
- Saboteur: A Novel of Love and War (1884)
- Before the Dawn (2007)
- Search and Destroy (2008)
[edit] Trivia
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• Hughes was offered a chance to write Nancy Drew books, but finally turned it down because he wanted to have his name on all his work.
• Hughes has a hard time selecting passages for readings because he does not think his prose is particularly beautiful.
• Hughes attributes the "Angel Park Angels" series of kids' baseball novels as putting his sons through Harvard.
• Hughes's wife Kathleen was, from 2002–2007, the first Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency.[1]
