S.C. Strange

Thousands of miles of travel in a converted van, sometimes with a trailerable sailboat in tow, and the numerous characters and adventures met along the way, plus the hardships faced by many during tough economic times, provided the author inspiration for the book, A Nest Egg Poached. S.C. Strange is also an award-winning children’s book author/illustrator, under her married name, Sue C. Hughey. Her career encompassed both graphic arts and copywriting, and retirement has allowed her to pursue her lifelong dream to write fiction.

Sue C. (Strange) Hughey was born in Oklahoma and reared in Kansas. She was a Liberal Arts major at Wichita University, where her father was an art professor. Her mother was a poet and elementary school teacher in Wichita. After moving to Colorado with her husband Harold (aka Hager) and two young sons, Sue did freelance work for Denver-area art studios. She later opened her own graphic arts studio, which evolved into a mapping business, drafting maps for various U.S. Governmental agencies. During this time, Sue contracted with EPA to write and illustrate a booklet about the environment, which was distributed to millions of school children in the U.S. and Canada. She also produced and published a series of educational “map posters,” which were highly successful in both the retail and school markets. The coin Sue designed for Colorado’s Centennial, through an act of congress, became the first commemorative medallion ever minted in a U.S. mint (in Denver). She also designed Colorado’s commemorative Bicentennial coin, produced by the Franklin Mint. She retired her business in 1996 and moved with her husband to Western Colorado, where they now reside.