Jack Houghteling
American novelist
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Early life and education
Houghteling grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York and graduated from the Hackley School in 2010 and Claremont McKenna College in 2014.[3][4] At the latter, he delivered the student commencement speech at graduation.[5] He later earned a graduate degree from the London School of Economics in 2015 before moving to New York City.[6][7]
Works
Houghteling began Goodman in 2015 but then put it aside for years.[3] It was later longlisted for the Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction.[8]
Sunnyside is about an ex-football player from Westchester County[9] and received acclaim. The podcast The Drunken Odyssey called it a "maximalist masterpiece," describing its style as "neomodernist."[2] The literary journal Socrates on the Beach published an excerpt of Sunnyside,[10] which it characterized as "sui generis” and “unlike almost any other contemporary fiction."[11]
The Forest, Houghteling's third full-length work, was published in March 2026.[12]
Personal life
In 2018, Houghteling ran for the New York State Senate as a Democrat in Brooklyn's District 18, but never made it to the primary election ballot.[13][14]
He lives in Upper Manhattan with his wife. They have two children.[12]
Bibliography
Books
- Goodman, Adelaide Books, 2022, ISBN 978-1956635867
- Sunnyside, Alien Buddha Press, 2023, ISBN 979-8375222400
- The Forest, Alien Buddha Press, 2026 ISBN 979-8273150270