Richard Hughes closed his 24-seat safety training center on Cape Cod to become a retired student of modern worldwide shipping operations. He graduated from Massachusetts Maritime Academy with a B.S. in Marine Transportation, then obtained a Masters Degree in Business from Lesley University. While at MMA, he sailed on the Bay State, the CV Lightning, and the TS Mobil Lube. He is the author of Bringing Down the Safety Guy, Cape Safety, Inc.--a series of novels about safety mishaps, and Deep Sea Dominoes, a print version of SeaBlameworthiness. He and his wife are the co-authors of a novel, Newtucket - the Rising; their latest collaboration, Training Ship, isa novel about a Massachusetts Maritime Academy cruise. They have written seven screenplays entitled Cape Car Blues, Freeport Fred's Valiant Summer, Golf Cart Ranger, Plimsoll, What We Can't Know, Get Together, and Training Ship. He lives in Falmouth, MA, with his wife Lavinia Hughes. COMING SOON: Cape Safety, Inc. - Change of Climate, #5 in the Danger Dogs Series and a print version of SeaBlameworthiness.
