Terry Hughes

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Terry Hughes

Terry Hughes was born in the waning days of World War II to two parents serving in the military. His family moved to Bakersfield, Santa Ana, Oahu, and Iwakuni, Japan, then finally back to Santa Ana after the Korean War ended.

Terry’s father earned a pilot’s position with the fledging Federal Aviation Administration and was transferred to Salt Lake City, where Terry graduated from Olympus High School, followed by a return to Southern California. Terry began college at the University of California, Santa Barbara, but in his sophomore year his father was recruited by the CIA and the family transferred to Cairo, Egypt, where Terry studied Middle Eastern history and taught ESL at the American University of Cairo. Terry returned to UCSB as a junior and eventually obtained his degree in history, with a minor in film.

Terry remained in Santa Barbara for several years, beginning to write novels and designing homes and buildings. He became Chief of the Paradise Volunteer Fire Department, helping to found it when the infamous Painted Cave Fire, set by an arsonist in 1990, enveloped and destroyed over five hundred homes. The first incident in Burning Paradise is based on the actual Painted Cave Incident radio transcript.

In 1994 Terry moved to Spokane, Washington, where he lives today and is working on several novels.

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