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Welcome to the web home of Meradeth Houston: author, professor, and mad scientist (though not always in that order). Click on any of the books below to learn more and definitely enter an email address for the Newsletter on the left (thats where free stuff and fun news gets shared!).

Stand-Alone Books

Book Cover: An Absence of Light
An Absence of Light
Book Cover: Travelers
Travelers
Book Cover: Someone Else's Soul
Someone Else's Soul
Book Cover: The Coincidence Makers
The Coincidence Makers

Series: Sary Society

Book Cover: Chemistry of Fate
Chemistry of Fate
Book Cover: Colors like Memories
Colors like Memories
Book Cover: Surrender the Sky
Surrender the Sky

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The Coincidence Makers

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I just signed the contract for my eighth novel, to I just signed the contract for my eighth novel, to be published in late February/early March next year (exact date TBA!). IN DEFIANCE OF FATE brings us back to the world of Ami and Luke, who are about to return to San Francisco for an assignment they can’t figure out, an enemy they didn’t know they had, and some surprises that will test their mettle and their relationship. Ahhh, I can’t wait to share this with you! Also, can I just say that I am so damn lucky to work with the best house? @bleedinginkpublishing is amazing and the people are honestly so fun and helpful and lovely to work with! I couldn’t ask for better. Now, onward for some revisions and looking forward to sharing some teasers soon 😉 #authorsofinstagram #bookstagram #booklover #books #bookcontract #excited #author #authorlife #sanfranciscobooks #fantasybooks #comingsoon #fantasyworld #livingmybestlife
One year ago today, THE COINCIDENCE MAKERS arrived One year ago today, THE COINCIDENCE MAKERS arrived in the world! This book baby has given me so much joy, and I can’t wait to share the sequel with you all (hopefully soon, @bleedinginkpublishing 😉💜😄). I figured a fun little giveaway was warranted today: two paperbacks (one to give away as a gift if you already have one? 🙏), as well as a cute journal and of course stickers (I love stickers!). RULES for entering: You must follow/like this page or account. Leave a comment below and tag and friend for one entry, share either a pic of the book or this post for two more entries (be sure to tag me!!). Winner will be picked next Thursday (on thanksgiving in the US, which feels appropriate haha!). Thanks a million to everyone!! ❤️🙏 #bookstagram #bookstagramforbooklovers #booklover #bookstagrammer #booknerd #thecoincidencemakers #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #bookgiveaway #bookgiveaways #bookgifts #scifibookstagram #fantasybooks
It’s my last day of teaching during this wild se It’s my last day of teaching during this wild semester, and since I started it with a selfie, I figured I’d end it on that note as well. These last months have been...hard. Like really hard. Like the most frustrating and exhausting semester I’ve ever had, and that’s saying something. I am honestly not sure how I don’t have an ulcer 😂 But, I’ve made it through. I’ve done the things and been co-chair, and managed not to murder anyone 😉 I have 400 pages of paper grading to do in the next week, along with exams to mark, but at least most of that can be done in PJs! I hate that I don’t get to see my family for the holidays (because hello people, be safe and don’t bring sickness home!!), but we will get through this. And then spring semester will start and I’ll get to do it all over again 🤦‍♀️🤪 #professor #academia #academic #covid_19 #professorlife #isurvived #exhausted #collegeprofessorproblems #lastday #icouldsleepfordays
It’s been a little snowy and cold here lately! O It’s been a little snowy and cold here lately! One of the things that I dislike most about winter is the ice everywhere. Montana does not give two sh!ts about ensuring that the roads aren’t basically just giant sheets of ice 🙄 So, I wear spikes on my shoes and hope to hell I don’t fall while crossing the street. Stupid winter! #summerdreaming #summerperson #bringbackthewarmweather #wintersucks #snow #ice #idontcareifitspretty #grumbling #whyisthissemesternotoveryet
Tonight’s sky almost makes up for such a long da Tonight’s sky almost makes up for such a long day!! #sunset #sky #clouds #missoula #missoulamontana #montana #montanalife #missoulamontana #missoulaphotographer
Oh, Ami and Luke, you two will always be my favori Oh, Ami and Luke, you two will always be my favorite, even with your all kinds of complicated relationship! This little scene makes me grin every time. I needed a little break from grading, so I made this today. Canva is basically my favorite program right now—five minutes and I have a fun little visual for THE COINCIDENCE MAKERS, which, btw, the sequel is written and I’m just waiting to hear more details so you who enjoyed the first can hang back out with Ami and Luke (and maybe someday I can write for a living and escape the insanity that is academia right now! Yeah yeah, I know, pipe dream but it’s my escapist fantasy right now so no popping that bubble please!). #authorsofinstagram #author #bookstagram #booklover #bookstagrammer #thecoincidencemakers #avidreadersociety #readersofinstagram #reading
Outdoor seating. #missoula #missoulamontana #mis Outdoor seating. #missoula #missoulamontana #missoulamoment #montana #fall #autumn #outdoors #covidlife #friday #fridayvibes
Just another dog walk, though this time I was basi Just another dog walk, though this time I was basically trying not to be pulled in two directions while snagging some pics. Silly pups! #fall #fallvibes #fallleaves #autumn #autumnvibes #autumnvibes #autumncolors #missoula #missoulamontana #missoulamt #montana #montanalife #dogwalking #dogmom
I took this while my dog, Jerry, was taking a 💩 I took this while my dog, Jerry, was taking a 💩. #thatshowmydayisgoing #howaboutyou #dogwalk #dogmom #missoula #montana #fall #autumn #theonlygoodthingaboutfallistheleaves #fallleaves
These last few weeks have been pretty damn rough. These last few weeks have been pretty damn rough. Not going to lie. Tonight, learning of the passing of one of my idols, Justice Ginsberg, well, it’s a kick to the gut to say the least. Fall is swooping in outside, along with air that is unhealthy to breathe. The pandemic numbers are rising on campus. The sheer weight of attempting to handle the stuff work has been throwing at me is like dodgeball with hand-grenades. It’s all just fucked. Anyone wanna start a bookshop/bakery/hot chocolatier shop? #restinpower #rbg #notoriousrbg #fall #autumn #leaves #life #academics #academia #academicianlife
First day teaching my 8th year of university cours First day teaching my 8th year of university courses today. Still am feeling some butterflies. Still am not sure why in the heck I’m doing this. Totally can see the years of stress on my face. To add to it all (and why I’ve been utterly terribly about email lately), I’ve been made co-chair of my department. That’s been utterly nuts, and definitely not something I needed/wanted, but had no real choice in. Sigh. So, off to another year, and one like no other. I am scared of being around other people, and am grateful at least my undergraduate course is remote (on zoom), but still trying not to think about my nerves for my graduate course later today that is in person. Oh! And to add to the fun, I decided to start querying a new novel—what possessed me to do that is obviously sheer masochism. I’m too far into this publishing business to want to deal with the insanity that is trying to find representation. Any agents out there want a cool book about superheroes and eugenics? 🤣 Well, time to make sure all is good to go for my class. Wish me luck! #eightyears #andcounting #montana #umontana #gogriz #anthropology #anthropologyprofessor #professor #professorlife #academicinstagram #authorsofinstagram #academicianlife #goodgod #stayhealthy
Okay, I’ll stop posting a million pictures from Okay, I’ll stop posting a million pictures from the lake after this, but my nighttime pics did come out kinda neat! Definitely still learning how to do this, and need a tripod of some kind next time, but it was fun, and the stars were amazing! #night #stars #nightphotography #nightsky #nightscape #montana #flatheadlake #flathead #montanalife #montanamoment
A little taste of the sunset. #sunset #montana # A little taste of the sunset. #sunset #montana #flathead #lake #sky #clouds
Kayaking is my happy place and today was heaven on Kayaking is my happy place and today was heaven on the lake. #kayak #summer #montana #montanalife #montanamoment #sky #clouds #afternoon #longweekend #escape #socialdistancing
Found during a walk in the woods. The bullet hole Found during a walk in the woods. The bullet hole in the windshield absolutely sparks questions. #woods #walk #oldtruck #oldcar #dodge #montana #montanamoment #montanalife
Yeah, I’m so never going to go home. #flathead Yeah, I’m so never going to go home. #flathead #montana #montanamoment #bigsky #bigskymontana #montanalife #flatheadlake #lake
Sale? What now? Yep, The Coincidence Makers is jus Sale? What now? Yep, The Coincidence Makers is just ninety nine pennies right now! If you wanna read about some immortals with some crazy issues, not the least of which is saving the world, this is your summer read. Link in my bio, or here: The Coincidence Makers https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZCD958Z/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_-5SkFbKKR6E9F A Million Thanks to those who have already snagged a copy! Hopefully the sequel will be available soon. Happy reading ❤️ #bookstagram #book #booksaremylife #booklover #bookaholic #read #reading #reading #readersofinstagram #readmorebooks #readingtime #thecoincidencemakers #coincidence #coincidences #sanfranciscobooks
This little guy greeted me as I tended my petunias This little guy greeted me as I tended my petunias this morning. I think he’s been munching on them lately, but that’s okay. He seems friendly. #missoula #missoulamontana #missoulamt #missoulaphotographer #missoulamoment #petunias #saturday #saturdayvibes #flowers #sunny #summer #grasshopper #bug #grasshoppers
Lab Camp is officially over. The past month of cla Lab Camp is officially over. The past month of classes all day, where I have walked 8 students through all the basics of working in a molecular anthropology lab, including library prep, and bioinformatics, is over for this year. I’m going to miss these students a lot. They’ve worked so hard and diligently (even though we have no AC in the building and the lab has been well into the 80s and we are wearing full body PPE for hours on end). But, gonna get real here: teaching in a pandemic has been HARD. Honestly, we spent 95% of our time in the lab in that coverall and fully masked and safe, but it was still insane. And this was a small class with mostly grad students who are well aware of the dangers of #covid19 and respect the science and means we have to combat the virus. I took temperatures on everyone daily. We washed and used so much bleach it was nuts. So, how in the hell are we supposed to teach in person this fall? In big classes, with students being stupid about masks, and willfully ignorant about the virus? (Because, yes, if you think this is a hoax, you are absolutely being willfully ignorant. I am a scientist and have decades of experience, and I am SICK TO DEATH of people thinking they’re “smarter” than believing in something that has killed 140k people in our country alone. Willful ignorance. Full stop.) So, while I’m on this rant: know that I love teaching. I’m good at it. And I want, so badly, to have a great fall semester ahead. But, I will not put myself at risk. I will not put my students at risk. I will be teaching remotely as much as I can, because I think it’s really quite screwed up to even ask me to do so. It’s not fair to my students, and I am extremely worried about them already. Do I have a solution? Not exactly. I can see both sides of school in the fall. But I can’t fathom why anyone would say this HAS to happen, when it puts so many at risk. I’ve been there. Done it. And it was almost impossible in even the most perfect of circumstances. So, unless you’re okay with a bunch of dead kids and teachers, we need to listen to the science! And #arrestthecopswhokilledbreonnataylor seriously. #professor #scientists #teachersofinstagram
My raspberry bushes have started to produce the be My raspberry bushes have started to produce the best little berries and it makes me so very happy. And the deer and crows that live in my yard have also not discovered them yet, so I’m picking as many as come ripe before they do 😂. Aren’t they pretty? #summer #raspberry #raspberries #fruit #evening #missoula #missoulamontana #missoulamt #missoulaphotographer #missoulamoment #zootown
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