H.D. Hunter is from Atlanta, Georgia. He’s the author of Something Like Right, winner of the 2025 Children and Youth Literary 'debut' award. Hugh is also the winner of several international indie book awards. You can find his short fiction online in Porter House Review and The Meadowlark Review. Hugh authored the Futureland trilogy, including Battle for the Park, which was named a Georgia Center for the Book 2023 Book All Young Georgians Should Read and the 2023-2024 VAReads Chapter Book of the Year. Battle for the Park is also a 2024 selection for the CORE Excellence in Children’s Science Fiction Notable list and the 2025 Read Across America selection for the state of Georgia.