E. Hughes is a poet, metaphysicist, and the author of Reality Unbound: The Digital Mind (and the Nature of Reality), The Absence of Reality: Aphorisms and Observations on The Nature of Reality and Existence (2025), Time and the Multi-Universe: A philosophy of time and time travel (2022), and Space, Time, and Loneliness (2024), a philosophical poetry book about impermanence and time. Hughes is also a Grand Prize Finalist and a category winner for the 2025 Eric Hoffer Book Award for Reality Unbound.
E. Hughes is a novelist and writer of more than twenty-five years and has over twenty published works in multiple genres from fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children’s books to date. Her poetry works also includes Digital Smiles, a poetry chapbook released in February 2024 and the poetry book, Beyond the Plain (originally published in 2003, with a second edition released in 2018). Hughes is also the author of the Penelope children’s books series (released from 2019-2022), Kissing Henry (90s Girl!), a graphic novel released in 2025, and the fiction novels Disappear, Love, Pearls… (a collection of short stories released in 2003), A Mediterranean Romance, Business as Usual, Infatuation, and among other works (not including pseudonymous works). Hughes owns the social media platform, Neighbahood.com for writers, artists, and creators of positive content. She is also an avid observer of cultural and societal idiosyncrasies. Important note to sort through confusion: E. Hughes (Author) is not affiliated with publications associated with Haymarket Books, 2024; the author affiliated with Haymarket Books is a different person who recently chose to write and publish similar works, and a later pursuit of philosophy, under an identical name, resulting in some identity confusion. Ehughesbooks.com is affiliated with E. Hughes, prolific author and metaphysicist,.
In addition to a decades-long career in writing, the focus of her career has been in education, publishing, and marketing. From 2012 – 2018, Hughes taught publishing and marketing in Madison, Wisconsin at Madison College and as a guest instructor at University of Wisconsin’s Writers’ Institute in 2017. Hughes continues her work with hundreds of writers across the United States as well as writers abroad in Canada, the United Kingdom, and other parts of Europe, and Africa. Note: See E. Hughes advice for up-and-coming authors -(click here)
E. Hughes was born in 1974. She has previously lived in Chicago, Las Vegas, NV, and on the west coast, but spends most of her time in the Midwest where she writes novels, nonfiction, and children’s books. Her love of writing began at the age of 8 years-old after winning a poetry contest. She knew then that she had the writing bug and would grow up to become a writer. Hughes was even more inspired after a seating next to Dr. Maya Angelou and meeting Gwendolyn Brooks, among many other notable authors in 1999 at a writer’s conference in Chicago, IL where she lived and attended college. Listening to Dr. Angelou, who was the keynote speaker of the evening was the highlight of her college years. Following multiple publications in online literary journals like The Zone, (several journals that are now defunct) Hughes would later accomplish her goal in 2003 with the launch of Screenwritersdaily and the release of her first poetry book, Beyond the Plain. Hughes’ second book, an award-winning collection of short stories was published the same year, followed by twenty more novels and books in the years to come.
Her focus over the years as a hobby has been in animation and film, eventually moving into live action feature films, working with Crystal Diane Stevens of Organized Criminal (click here) as an associate producer. Ms. Hughes began a screenwriting career in earnest, working as a ghost writer for several film projects, eventually launching Screenwritersdaily in 2003 during the height of the screenwriting era.
In 2010, Hughes released an experimental animated project… one of the first commercially released feature-length “Machinima” animated movies on the market at the time. (Machinima uses real-time video game rendering technology to animate movies). E. Hughes is also an avid gardener, painter, and hobbyist jewelry designer. She is a spouse and mother to four adult children.
Beyond literature and film, special education has also been a cause near to her heart. She has previously worked in K-12 special education at her area school district and also previously in management at United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) of Greater Dane for 0-3 special education serving Dane County where she handled county referrals to the Birth to 3, wrote procedures and processes for the program, enforced and demonstrated expert knowledge and compliance with FERPA laws, HIPAA laws, and Wisconsin Administrative Code DHS 90, among other responsibilities related to management, collection and analysis of data, and database administration. Hughes retired from her role in the education sector in 2018. Her experience in the education sector and her love, overall adoration, and hopeful worldview for children inspired her to write her Penelope children’s books, the first of which was published in 2019. She no longer teaches publishing and publishes books for authors world-wide.
I sincerely hope that you enjoy your visit to my personal website and that you have learned more about my artistic, creative, and nonfiction works.
Statement from E. Hughes:
“My personal and professional journey has led me to understand that there is no greater service that I can provide as a human being than helping other people. This is neither a religious nor a political doctrine, but what I feel is a more humanitarian approach to life. Above all, treating others with respect, dignity, and kindness is intrinsic to accomplishing this goal. I have made a personal commitment to following a path that will allow me to bridge my professional and philosophical worlds. Integrity, honesty, compassion and empathy for others are core values for me.”
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