Chip Hughes taught American literature, film, writing, and popular fiction for nearly three decades at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. His non-fiction publications include two books on John Steinbeck.
An active member of the Private Eye Writers of America, Chip launched the Surfing Detective mystery series with Murder on Moloka‘i (2004) and Wipeout! (2007), published by Island Heritage. The series is now published exclusively by Slate Ridge Press. Other volumes include Kula (2011), Murder at Volcano House (2014), Surfing Detective Double Feature, Vols. 1 & 2 (2017), and Hanging Ten in Paris Trilogy (2017).
Chip and his wife split their time between homes in Hawai‘i and upstate New York.