Author Archives: Colleen Houck

About Colleen Houck

New York Times Bestselling author Colleen Houck is a lifelong reader whose literary interests include action, adventure, paranormal, science fiction, and romance. When she's not busy writing, she likes to spend time chatting on the phone with one of her six siblings, watching plays, and shopping online. Colleen has lived in Arizona, Idaho, Utah, California, and North Carolina and is now permanently settled in Salem, Oregon with her husband and a huge assortment of plush tigers.

The A, B, C’s of Tiger’s Dream

Posted on February 6 2018 by Colleen Houck

I’m not sure when I started this but it’s like a fun puzzle for me so I’ll probably keep doing it. Here are the A, B, C’s of Tiger’s Dream. I had to cheat a little on X and Z. A-Anamika, Animal, Abandonment B-Beach, Bird, Barbarian, Bond C-Circus, Captive, Change D-Dream, Death, Damon, Dragon E-Eggshell, Embroidery, Emperor F-Fanindra, Fasting, Family G-Goddess, Grove, Goodbye H-Hunt, Heartbreak, History, Honey Cakes I-Immortality, Idyll, Illness J-Jealousy, Jewelry, Journey K-Kishan, Kelsey, Koi L-Love, Loyalty, Lokesh M-Maneater, Miracle, Mermaid N-Necklace, Needle, Nomad, Nilima O-Ointment, Opponent, Origin P-Phet, Party, Princess, Promise, Phoenix Q-Quest, Questions, Quiver, Qualms R-Ren, …

Let’s Talk the Tiger’s Dream Cover

Posted on January 31 2018 by Colleen Houck

I know you’ve been waiting…and waiting…and waiting…and Tiger’s Dream is finally just around the corner. So, on this blog post, I’m going to try to answer a few non-spoilery types of questions and talk about the brilliant cover too! First of all…Why The Wait? This is a fairly easy answer. My first imprint, Splinter, who published the rest of the tiger series, closed. What that means is, they are no longer purchasing new material to print. They are, however, still in the business of printing the other tiger books and continue to hold the rights to the series in the …

Tiger’s Dream Contest and Events

Posted on January 23 2018 by Colleen Houck

It’s that time once again. I have a book being released and there’s always a slew of fun things that go along with that. For those of you who like to follow those things and/or want a chance to get your hands on a copy of the book early, we will be doing a massive giveaway! Instead of doing a contest month by month, we’ve decided to do one giant, mega contest. So, the one contest we love more than any other, is the Dress up the Cover contest. To have a chance of winning a VIP Swag bag, along …

The Lantern’s Ember

Posted on January 15 2018 by Colleen Houck

Hello Readers! I’m bringing you something special today, it’s the cover reveal for The Lantern’s Ember. I have been in love with Halloween since I was a kid. It probably started because my birthday is in October and I really love chocolate, so that month has always been an exiting one for me. My whole house is decorated for Halloween. As you can see, I tend to go a little overboard. Kids would drive into our neighborhood from all over the city since our whole area is super fun at Halloween. Kids who come to my house get full size …

Ring Out the Old, Ring in the New!

Posted on December 21 2017 by Colleen Houck

It’s that time of year when I celebrate a milestone. Not only have I published two books this year, my 8th and 9th, but I have two coming in 2018. Tiger’s Dream is finally coming in March and then in the fall, my retelling of the headless horseman story, The Lantern’s Ember, my 11th book, will be released on September 11th. 2017 was a good year! 2018 will be even better! As cool as that is, it’s not the milestone I’m talking about. For the first time ever, I met my Goodreads goal of reading 125 books! I …

New Book Reveal!

Posted on October 30 2017 by Colleen Houck

Hello Readers! I am so excited to finally tell you about my top secret book project. I’ve been working on it since February and now we’re finally ready to tell you all about it! As many of you know, I love Halloween. I decorate my entire home and we average about three hundred and fifty trick-or-treaters every year. I always ask the older kids if they are at least twelve and they hang their heads in shame thinking I won’t be giving them any candy, but then they gasp in surprise when I tell them they get candy AND a …

Announcing Fall 2017 YASH Teams!

Posted on September 22 2017 by Colleen Houck

For all of you who love finding new reads, I have just the thing for you. The YA Scavenger Hunt is coming. If you’ve never heard of it, the hunt runs twice a year in the spring and in the fall. During the hunt we showcase new and upcoming YA releases, give out tons of prizes, and release special bonus material. Sound interesting? This spring we will have one hundred forty authors split into seven teams of twenty. Each team is assigned a color. The blog hop begins Oct 3rd and runs through Sunday, Oct 8th. It’s easy to play. …

Instahunt!

Posted on August 25 2017 by Colleen Houck

Scavenger Hunts are one of my favorite things ever! I’m teaming up with eleven other amazing authors to put together a first of it’s kind instagram picture hunt! We’ve got the full rules, how to participate, and all the prizes available right here! 1 st up: how it all works & the rules: Each entry must be posted on Instagram AND must be tagged with #YAInstagram to be counted as an entry! You can earn up to 8 points per team — 1 for each photo you post on Instagram using #YAInstahunt — The authors will choose their winners …

The Reunited Launch Party!

Posted on August 14 2017 by Colleen Houck

For those of you who are curious as to what I do to prep for a launch party, I decided to show you through pictures. Usually, the first thing that happens is I get my author copies of the book in the mail. The paperback of Recreated was released around the same time as the hardbacks of Reunited. Next up, I get my nails done. I like them to look nice for a book event so I do a plain French manicure on my hands and then try to match my feet to the book cover. For the Reawakened series, …

Reunited Blog Tour!

Posted on July 27 2017 by Colleen Houck

The Reunited blog tour is coming! Week One: 7/31/2017- YA Books Central– Interview 8/1/2017- Here’s to Happy Endings– Review 8/2/2017- YA and Wine– Guest Post 8/3/2017- a GREAT read– Review 8/4/2017- Two Chicks on Books– Interview Week Two: 8/7/2017- Tales of the Ravenous Reader–Review 8/8/2017- Ohana Reads– Guest Post 8/9/2017- Seeing Double In Neverland– Review 8/10/2017- The Cover Contessa– Interview 8/11/2017- Riddle’s Reviews– Review Join me as we gear up for the publication of Reunited! I hope you’re as excited as I am!

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