Carolyn Hougan

Born in 1943, to Samuel and Elisabeth Johnson, Carolyn graduated from Scotch Plains High School of New Jersey. She was a Peabody scholar at the now non-existent Western College for Women. She graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin. In Madison, Wisconsin Carolyn met Jim Hougan in the philosophy course “Freedon, Fate and Choice.” She became Carolyn Houghan in 1966.The Hougans lived in Alexandria and Washington from 1980 until August 2006. [Washington Post Obituary, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/01/AR2007030101730.html, Friday, March 2, 2007; Page B08]

Works

She, Herself, authored four thrillers; "Shooting in the Dark" (1984), "Blood Relative", "The Romeo Flag", and "The Last Goodbye". Carolyn Hough passed away from cancer February 25th, 2007 in Virginia at age 63.The series of books written under the pseudonym John Case were written jointly by Carolyn and Jim Houghan, and have not continued without Carolyn. The titles of the John Case works are: "The Genesis Code", "The First Horseman", "The Syndrome" ("Trance State"), "The Eighth Day", "The Murder Artist", and "Ghost Dancer".

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