JOHN HOUGH, JR. is the author of six novels; his most recent is The Sweetest Days (Gallery Books). He is also the author of The Fiction Writer’s Guide to Dialogue. He is a former VISTA volunteer, speechwriter for Sen. Charles Mathias of Maryland, and assistant to James Reston at the Washington bureau of the New York Times. He lives in West Tisbury, and is at work on his ninth novel. johnhoughjr.com
