Richard Hough

Richard Alexander Hough was a British author and historian specializing in maritime history.

Personal life

Hough married the author Charlotte Woodyatt, whom he had met when they were pupils at Frensham Heights School, and they had five children, including the author Deborah Moggach, the children's author Sarah Garland, Alexandra Hough, author of the textbook Hough’s Cardio Respiratory Care and Bryony Driver artist and blacksmith.

Hough won the Daily Express Best Book of the Sea Award in 1972.
After leaving school, he joined the Royal Air Force at the beginning of World War II and received his initial flight training at an airfield not far from Hollywood. He later flew Hurricanes and Typhoons.
He also wrote under the nom de plume Bruce Carter.
Among the 90 books he wrote were:

Into a Strange Lost World, aka The Perilous Descent into a Strange Lost World
The Kidnapping of Kensington, aka The Children Who Stayed Behind
Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian
The Deadly Freeze
Buzzbugs
Angels One Five, aka Wings Against the Sky
The Fight of the Few, aka The Raging Sky
The Fight to the Finish, aka Wings of Victory
''Nightworld''