[2] Her work was also published in Good Housekeeping and McCalls in serial format.

[4] Houston attended St. Mary's College, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and Columbia University.

[1] Houston moved to Dallas and married a businessman named Kauffman.

[5] Cottonwoods Grow Tall (1958), written after her move to Florida received "critical praise as a work of literary merit".

[11] Her body was transported back to Dallas to be buried at Restland Cemetery.