Charlotte Hughes is a fiction writer and novelist based in Washington, D.C. 

She is working on a novel, THE DEAD TEACH THE LIVING, about a rifle heiress, a hypochondriac novelist, and two rival hallucinogen kingpins.

She holds a B.A. in English, cum laude, from Yale University, where she received the Elmore A. Willets Prize for excellence in fiction writing. 

 She also coaches students on essays, standardized tests, and the college admissions process.