Patricia C. Hughes - Short Story Author

Science fiction/mystery writer Patricia C. Hughes wrote the original short story, Food for the Gods, upon which the film of the same title is based.  Hughes is also the mother of film director H. Scott Hughes.  She is best known for her "Granny Grace" short story series which appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine during the late 1990's.  Hughes used the factoid of a polar bear's liver being toxic as a seed to grow the original short story, Food for the Gods.  In August 2007, she traveled to Vancouver, British Columbia, to visit her son Scott and was able to sit in during the final callback auditions for the lead role of Sheenyana.  She not only approved, but wholeheartedly recommended Yvette Lu as the actress most true to the character she created.  While in Vancouver, Hughes also visited the village set being constructed by production designer Reto Mueller and met with producer Joe Fang.  Hughes holds degrees from both the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University, Kingsville, with a Master of Education.  She has worked most of her life as a teacher and a nursing home administrator and has taken up writing later in life.  She is currently working on a science fiction novel tentatively titled Earth Child, the Seeding of Tomorrow.  She resides in Brenham, Texas with Herbert Hughes, her husband of thirty-nine years, along with a gold fish and a very cranky parrot.