Monica Hughes (November 3, 1925 – March 7, 2003) was an English-Canadian author of books for children and young adults, especially science fiction. After returning from the war, Hughes went back to university to study Meteorology. She married Glen Hughes on April 22, 1957, and together they had four children.<!-- her only award in the Locus Index
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Hughes also won the Vicky Metcalf Award, Alberta Culture Juvenile Novel Award, Bay's Beaver Award, and Alberta R. Ross Annett Award.