Dean hughes author biography for book

Dean Hughes, a prolific author with over published titles, was born in Ogden, Utah, on August 24, Hughes reports that he began writing at just four years of age, though it wasn't until junior high that he was telling friends he'd be a writer when he grew up, until high school that he finished his first novel, and almost two decades later that he was able to publish his first title – the children's book Under the Same Stars, which was the fourth book he'd written by that pointSince , though, Hughes has published extensively, and his current body of work ranges from twelve children's book series to young adult fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and multiple novels for adults. In a interview with Meridian Magazine, Hughes accounts for this range by noting that "I do what seems fun, and I write the ideas I get."

While much of his career has been dedicated to his own writing, Hughes has also worked and taught in a number of other positions. After earning his BA in English and a minor in philosophy from Weber State University, Hughes completed his MA in creative writing and a PhD in literature from the University of Washington, with which he land

  • One Last Joyride

  • By: Dean Hughes
  • Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
  • Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
  • Unabridged
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  • Performance

Earl Evans is losing his memory. Or at least that’s what his daughter tells him. He can admit he’s a little forgetful from time to time, but that’s normal for someone who’s nearly ninety, right? He doesn’t want to go to the memory care unit, nor does he think he needs to.

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I'm re-reading this series because it has entered my heart, and doesn't want to let go. This fictional family is real to me, and I have learned a great deal from their "adventures." My favorite character is Wally, and I turn the pages quickly to get the latest updates on him. He was placed in the Bataan Death March, and spent the war in Japanese POW camps. After his liberation, he stayed for some time on an American base, healing and recovering, and gaining weight. He woke up, stood for a long time in a luxuriously hot shower, then went to the mess hall and ate anything he wanted. By then he was tired again, and went back to bed. In a real bed, with a real pillow! This has resonated so closely to my own experience that I dubbed this the eat/sleep/shower cycle. Every point in my own healing journey can somehow be placed into one of these three categories. As I said, these people are real to me. But honestly, I don't know how the author did that.

These books, all of them, have been published in early-stages rough draft form. Wally walked upstairs, Alex walked over to his men, LaRue walked to the window. Hey, I can't fault that, in the wo
In December , right after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, high school student Yuki Nakahara witnessed his father, a California strawberry farmer, being arrested by the FBI as a Japanese spy and them tell his mother she is now an enemy alien.

Now, in April , Yuki, his mother, younger brother Mick, and sisters Kay and May have all been living in the Central Utah Relocation Center, also known as Topaz. In fact, all west coast Japanese peoples, regardless of whether they were Nisei, born in the United States and whose parents were from Japan, or Issei, first generation Japanese immigrants, had been relocated to various internment camps around the country, as per Executive Order signed by President Roosevelt.

The United States mow needs more soldiers and are letting Japanese men enlist, as long as they swear allegiance to this country. Having just turned 18 years old, Yuki and his best friend Shigeo 'Shig' Omura have both decided to enlist, and despite the fact that the country he is going to defend is still holding his father prisoner. Yuki is determined to prove his loyalty to his country.

As part of the all Japanese nd Regimental Combat Team, Yuki and Shig fi

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