Zach Hughes

Hugh Zachary (January 12, 1928 – September 5, 2016) was an American novelist who has written science fiction novels under the pseudonyms Zach Hughes and Evan Innes (the latter for the America 2040 series). His other pseudonyms include Peter Kanto and Pablo Kane.

Some of his novels appear to be set in a shared universe, one where Earth experiences a nuclear apocalypse shortly after launching a colonization fleet to settle new worlds among the stars. He served in the U.S. Army and worked in broadcast journalism in Florida. Zachary started writing as a full-time occupation along with his wife Elizabeth in 1963.

Works One Day In Hell (1961, Hugh Zachary) Novel Books A Feast Of Fat Things (1968) Harris-Wolfe Second Chance (1976) Major Books Desert Battle (1983) Dell Bitter Victory (1983) Dell The Venus Venture (1986, Hugh Zachary) Vanguard (Crime / Mystery genre)

Science fiction Near all of Hugh Zachary's science fiction stories were written under the pseudonym Zach Hughes. The exceptions have the name used listed after the publication date. For example, The World where Sex was Born was written using the pseudonym, Peter Kanto.

The World where Sex was Born (1968, Peter Kanto) Ophelia Press OPH-123 Rosy Cheeks (1969, Peter Kanto) Bee-Line A Dick for All Seasons (1970, Pablo Kane) Ophelia Press OPH-206 Gwen, in Green (1974, Hugh Zachary) Fawcett Gold Medal M2982 Seed of the Gods (1974) Berkley Medallion Tide (1974) Berkley/Putnam The Stork Factor (1975) Berkley Medallion The St. Francis Effect (1976) Berkley Medallion For Texas and Zed (1976) Popular Library Tiger in the Stars (1976) Laser Books Pressure Man (1980) Signet / New American Library Sundrinker (1987) DAW Books Life Force (1988) DAW Books The Revenant (1988, Hugh Zachary) Onyx / New American Library

Thunderworld science fiction series The Book of Rack the Healer (1973, Zach Hughes) Award Books AN1149 The Legend of Miaree (1974) Ballantine Books Killbird (1980) Signet / New American Library Thunderworld (1982, Zach Hughes) Signet / New American Library Gold Star (1983) Signet / New American Library Closed System (1986) Signet / New American Library The Dark Side (1987) Signet / New American Library Mother Lode (1991) DAW Books Deep Freeze (1992) DAW Books The Omnificence Factor (1994) DAW Books

NOTE: The Thunderworld series shares a common history, stellar cartography, and sometimes characters.

America 2040 science fiction series The America 2040 series was written using the pseudonym Evan Innes. America 2040 (1986) Bantam Books The Golden World (1986) Bantam Books The City in the Mist (1987) Bantam Books The Return (1988) Bantam Books The Star Explorer (1988) Bantam Books

Westerns Dos Caballos (1989, Hugh Zachary) M. Evans

Sheriff Jugg Watson western series Bloodrush (1981, Hugh Zachary) Leisure – A string of killings in Earlysberg, a quiet Southern town, seem to suggest ritual voodoo and black magic. Murder In White (1981, Hugh Zachary) Leisure

Tusk Smith western series To Guard the Right (1981, Hugh Zachary) Worldwide Library (Raven House) Top Level Death (1981, Hugh Zachary) Worldwide Library (Raven House)

The Sierra Leone romance/western series Flight To Freedom (1981, Hugh Zachary) Dell Freedom's Passion (1981, Hugh Zachary) Dell Treasure of Hope (1982, Hugh Zachary) Dell Freedom's Victory (1982, Hugh Zachary) Dell

Romance novels Love and Battle (1980, Hugh & Elizabeth Zachary) Ballantine

Nonfiction The Beachcomber's Handbook of Seafood Cookery (1969, Hugh Zachary) John F. Blair Wild Card Poker (1976, Hugh Zachary) Stephen Green Press