Colleen Houck

Colleen Houck (born October 3, 1969) is an American writer known for writing The New York Times two best selling series,^[1] Tiger's Curse and Reawakened. As an author, she has been largely collected by libraries worldwide.^[2]

Personal life

Colleen is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She served an eighteen month, American sign language mission in Riverside, California for The Church and then later married in the Salt Lake Temple in 1994. With her experience in sign language she became an ASL interpreter for seventeen years. After the success of the first two "Tiger's Curse" books, Colleen put down full time interpreting and became a full time writer instead.^[3] Colleen has lived in Arizona, Idaho, Utah, California, and North Carolina and is now currently resides in Salem, Oregon with her husband.^[4]

Writing history and motivation

Colleen currently has published eleven books with one more, "Terraformer" on the way (as of March 2021). Colleen was inspired by the writers JK Rowling and Stephenie Meyer, as they were both ordinary people without any specific education for writing and publishing.^[5] Colleen decided to start writing and then self published Tiger's Curse and Tiger's Quest which then gained traction on Amazon's eBook best-seller list and was picked up by Sterling Publishers.^[3]

Publications

The Tiger's Curse Saga

Her first book was Tigers Curse which was originally self-published in early 2011. It was named a best seller by New York Times and received an average rating of 4.09. The book was reviewed by the Los Angeles Times,^[6] MTV^[7] and Publishers Weekly.^[8] The main character is Kelsey Hayes, who is just looking for a part-time job, but adventure finds her and finally she goes to India with a white tiger in searching for an ancient legend.

Tiger's Curse (The Tiger Saga #1) was published in early 2011. It received an average rating of 4.09.

Tiger’s Quest (The Tiger Saga #2) was published in June 2011. It received an average rating of 4.36.^[9]

Tigers Voyage (The Tiger Saga #3) was published in late 2011. It received an average rating of 4.36.^[10]

Tigers Destiny (Tiger Saga #4) was published in the middle of 2012. It received an average rating of 4.42.^[11]

Tigers Promise (The Tiger Saga #0.5) was published in the middle of 2014. It is a precursor to the main storyline of the Tiger Saga. It received an average rating of 4.23.^[12]

Tigers Dream (The Tiger Saga #5) was published in 2018 and it's the final book in the Tiger Saga series.

In 2011, Paramount Pictures had announced to plans produce Tiger's Curse into a film.^[13]

Reawakened

Reawakened (Reawakened #1) was published near the end of 2015. It received an average rating of 3.88. It was reviewed by Publishers Weekly.^[14]

Recreated (Reawakened #2) was published in August 2016. It was by reviewed by Deseret News^[15]

Reignited (a novella in the series)

Reunited (the final book Reawakened #3)

Standalone

• The Lantern's Ember (September 11, 2018)

Awards

Winner of 2011 Parents Choice Award for the fiction genre^[16]

References

1. "'Tiger's Curse' author trades job as sign language interpreter for book series". deseretnews.com. July 31, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
2. "Houck, Colleen". worldcat.org. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
3. Loftus, Hikari (2011-07-31). "'Tiger's Curse' author trades job as sign language interpreter for book series". Deseret News. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
4. "Home ⋆ Colleen Houck". Colleen Houck. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
5. "FAQs ⋆ Colleen Houck". Colleen Houck. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
6. "Book review: 'Tiger's Curse' by Colleen Houck". latimes.com. January 16, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
7. "Tiger's Curse review". mtv.com. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
8. "Children's Book Review: Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck". Publishers Weekly. August 11, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
9. Houck, Colleen. "Tiger's Quest". Goodreads. Goodreads Inc. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
10. Houck, Colleen. "Tiger's Voyage". Goodreads. Goodreads Inc. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
11. Houck, Colleen. "Tiger's Destiny". Goodreads. Goodreads Inc. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
12. Houck, Colleen. "Tiger's Promise". Goodreads. Goodreads Inc. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
13. "Paramouth Pictures Acquires Bestselling Book 'Tiger's Curse for Mary parent". deadline.com. December 12, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
14. "Children's Book Review: Reawakened by Colleen Houck". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
15. "Book review: 'Recreated' is a dynamite installment in the Reawakened series". deseretnews.com. August 27, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
16. "Award-Winning Books by Colleen Houck". FictionDB.com. Retrieved 13 April 2016.