“Long dormant feelings poured through my dried-up limbs and wound through me, slowly filling the emptiness. Like an irrigated field, I felt myself blossom and grow with new vigor. He was the sun, and the tenderness he showed me was life-giving water.”

American writer

Colleen Houck is an American writer best known for the two New York Times best-selling series Tiger's Curse and Reawakened. Her books have been widely collected by libraries around the world, which has helped her work reach a broad readership. She is associated with young adult fiction and with series writing built around adventure, romance, and fantasy elements.