Babette Hughes

Born in Cleveland Ohio, 91-year-old Babette Hughes grew up in the time of Prohibition and bootleggers. Her father was one of the first bootleggers in the country, and was murdered by the mafia in a turf war at the age of 29.
Writing has allowed her to draw from those unusual life experiences to create her characters and tell their stories (and sometimes cautionary tales) in vivid detail. Gangsters and guns, women and wine, sin and society are all melded together in riveting detail for readers from all walks of life, who somehow relate to the characters she creates.