Jeffery S. Hughes grew up in Chatsworth, Georgia and served as a Military Police officer with the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. After leaving the service in 2011, he built a career in information technology and cybersecurity. Echoes of Paris is his debut novel — the first in a planned ten-book series spanning 1920–1944. He lives in Georgia with his wife Amy, two daughters, and two dogs.