Dave Hughes

Dave Hughes has written six gay fiction novels in the series, "Gay Tales for the New Millennium:" Maybe Next Year; Instant Adult; Open Books, Closed Sets; If I Seem Quiet...; Karma Train from Kansas; and Maybe Now. These books follow the main character, Ryan, as he finishes high school, goes to college, launches his career, forms relationships, and comes to terms with his past.

Dave publishes a bi-weekly newsletter to keep readers informed about upcoming books. Newsletter subscribers will receive a free short story, Cruise Virgins, and be able to purchase new releases at a discount. In the newsletter, Dave shares background information about his stories and his writing process. He sometimes solicits readers' input which will help make the books even better! Visit Dave's website to learn more.

Before writing fiction, Dave wrote three retirement lifestyle planning books, Design Your Dream Retirement, Smooth Sailing Into Retirement, and The Quest for Retirement Utopia. Dave created the website Retire Fabulously! which enables readers to envision, plan for, and enjoy the best retirement possible. In addition to writing hundreds of articles for Retire Fabulously!, Dave’s writing has appeared on US News & World Report, LGBTSr, Medium, Yahoo! Finance, CNN/Money, Next Avenue, Tiny Buddha, and others.

Aside from his writing, Dave is a jazz musician. He plays trombone and steelpan in various bands in the Phoenix area. He owns an embarrassingly large collection of jazz, Brazilian, exotica, steel band, jazz/rock, and vocal ensemble CDs and videos.

Before retiring at age 56, Dave was a software engineer for 34 years, working for companies such as Intel, Computer Sciences Corporation, McDonnell Douglas Space Systems, and NCR. Throughout his career, his assignments included software development, customer support, training, course development, and management.

Dave resides in Chandler, Arizona with his husband Jeff and their dog Maynard.