Dean Hughes
Dean Hughes has published books, stories, and poems for readers of all ages. His more than eighty published books include the popular Children of the Promise series, predecessor to Hearts of the Children. He holds a bachelor's degree from Weber State College and master's and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Washington. He has attended post-doctoral seminars at Stanford and Yale Universities and taught English at Central Missouri State University and Brigham Young University. He and his wife, Kathleen Hurst Hughes, have three children and live in Midway, Utah.