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.
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.
[3] Colleen has lived in Arizona, Idaho, Utah, California, and North Carolina and is now currently resides in Salem, Oregon with her husband.
Colleen was inspired by the writers J. K. Rowling and Stephenie Meyer, as they were both ordinary people without any specific education for writing and publishing.
[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.
It was by reviewed by Deseret News[15] Reignited (a novella in the series) Reunited (the final book Reawakened #3) Winner of 2011 Parents Choice Award for the fiction genre[16]