Robert Hough is a Canadian author. Born in 1963, Hough graduated from Queen's University at Kingston in 1985. Following a career as a free-lance magazine journalist, Hough published his first novel, The Final Confession of Mabel Stark, in 2001.
(2001) The Final Confession of Mabel Stark. Toronto: Random House of Canada. ISBN 0-679-31091-6. A novel about a female-tiger trainer, it was published in fifteen countries in a dozen languages. It was nominated for the Commonwealth Writer's Prize and The Trillium Award.
(2004) The Stowaway. Toronto: Random House of Canada. ISBN 0-679-31146-7. Published internationally, it was listed on The Boston Globe's Top Ten Books of the Year and was nominated for the Dublin-Impac Writer's Prize.
(2007) The Culprits. Toronto: Random House of Canada. ISBN 978-0-307-35564-5. A satire about global warfare, The Culprits was nominated for the Commonwealth Writer's Prize, The Rogers' Writers Trust Award and The Trillium Award.