Matt Hughes (writer)
Encyclopedia
Matthew Hughes is a British-born Canadian
author who now lives wherever his secondary career as a housesitter takes him, while continuing to write science fiction
under the name Matthew Hughes, crime fiction
as Matt Hughes and media tie-ins as Hugh Matthews. Prior to his work in fiction, he was a freelance speechwriter
for corporate executives and politicians in British Columbia
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His Archonate stories and novels have been compared to the works of Jack Vance. Booklist has called him Vance's "heir apparent." (Review by Carl Hays of The Gist Hunter and Other Stories, Booklist, August 2005)
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
author who now lives wherever his secondary career as a housesitter takes him, while continuing to write science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
under the name Matthew Hughes, crime fiction
Crime fiction
Crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalizes crimes, their detection, criminals and their motives. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction, but boundaries can be, and indeed are, blurred...
as Matt Hughes and media tie-ins as Hugh Matthews. Prior to his work in fiction, he was a freelance speechwriter
Oratory
Oratory is a type of public speaking.Oratory may also refer to:* Oratory , a power metal band* Oratory , a place of worship* a religious order such as** Oratory of Saint Philip Neri ** Oratory of Jesus...
for corporate executives and politicians in British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
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His Archonate stories and novels have been compared to the works of Jack Vance. Booklist has called him Vance's "heir apparent." (Review by Carl Hays of The Gist Hunter and Other Stories, Booklist, August 2005)
Novels
- Fools Errant (1994) and (2001)
- Downshift (writing as Matt Hughes) (1997)
- Fool Me Twice (2001)
- Gullible's Travels (SFBC omnibus of Fools Errant and Fool Me Twice, 2002)
- Black Brillion (2004)
- Majestrum (Tales of Henghis Hapthorn, Book 1, 2006)
- Wolverine: Lifeblood (writing as Hugh Matthews) (2007)
- The Spiral Labyrinth (Tales of Henghis Hapthorn, Book 2, September 2007)
- The Commons (October 2007)
- Template (May, 2008)(August 2010)
- Hespira (Tales of Henghis Hapthorn, Book 3, 2009)
- Quartet & Triptych (first of three Luff Imbry novellas), (Summer, 2010)
- The Other (a Luff Imbry Novel), (2011)
- The Yellow Cabochon (second of three Luff Imbry novellas), Summer, 2011)
- Song of the Serpent (writing as Hugh Matthews) (2012)
Nonfiction (Ghostwritten)
- Breaking Trail (2000)
- What's All This Got To Do With The Price of 2x4s? (2006)
External links
- Official Site of Matt Hughes
- Full Bibliography
- Night Shade Books, publisher of "The Tales of Henghis Hapthorn" series and The Gist Hunter and Other Stories