Richard Hughes closed his 24-seat safety training center on Cape Cod to become a retired student of modern worldwide shipping operations. He graduated from Massachusetts Maritime Academy with a B.S. in Marine Transportation then obtained a Masters Degree in Business from Lesley University. While at MMA, he sailed on the Bay State, the Lightning, and the Mobil Lube. His books include the Cape Safety, Inc. - Danger Dogs Series-a collection of 6 novels detailing the exciting lives of a top-notch safety consulting firm based out of Woods Hole, MA, and San Francisco, CA. His popular non-fiction Deep Sea Decisions is an expose of maritime tragedies. He and his wife have written seven screenplays, two of which have been turned into novels--Training Ship and Cape Car Blues. They have also co-authored the fictional Newtucket Island. He lives and writes in the seaside village of Waquoit, MA, with his wife and co-author, Lavinia M. Hughes.