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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 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
My fishes reproduced! I have so many little babies My fishes reproduced! I have so many little babies swimming around and it makes me so incredibly happy. They have plenty of spots to hide from hungry parents, not to worry! Pardon the random video but had to share! #fish #fishtank #fishtanksofinstagram #fishtanklife #platties #babyfish #missoula #montana #authorsofinstagram #authorlife
Some pics from today’s hike. Blodgett Canyon is Some pics from today’s hike. Blodgett Canyon is spectacular (the Yosemite of the Bitterroot Mountains, as it’s was also carved by a glacier). It was a big poofy white clouds and light breeze kind of day and utterly perfect for a hike. An excellent time to get out with my husband! #hike #hiking #sunday #sundayfunday #sundayvibes #montana #montanalife #montanamoment #mountains #creek #river #canyon #bluesky #love #getoutside #stillstayingsafe #whywelivehere
Over the last few weeks I’ve been watching a lot Over the last few weeks I’ve been watching a lot of what is going on around the US, reading a ton, and honestly enjoying learning and pushing myself to be better about understanding other people’s experiences when it comes to so many aspects of their lives that intersect with systemic racism. It’s been an excellent reminder to be a stronger ally and friend. Social media is a rather lousy way to demonstrate what is a real-life necessity, but because I love to read, I thought I would share a few of my favorite reads from Black and Brown authors that my unimportant self can recommend. Some of these are reads I’ve loved for a long while, others are mind-blowing books I just picked up recently. There There are a ton of lists that are curated and better at highlighting these amazing authors, and there’s so many important non-fiction works out there to highlight, but I just wanted to share these and express how grateful I am for these authors who have taught me things about what it is to be human. Because until BIPOC lives matter, none can matter. (Also, I had this very articulate text all written out in my head last night and now that I’m posting it feels like it’s just dissolved into randomness, but in the end I hope my point that it’s important to read diverse books and amplifying the voices of these authors comes across.) #blm #authorsofinstagram #bookstagram #booklover #booklists #amplifymelanatedvoices #blacklivesmatter
Late May river float trips are precisely why one s Late May river float trips are precisely why one should live in Montana. The river is running fast and high and cold, but it was so much fun. #river #summer #float #raft #montana #montanalife #montanamoment #montanagram #Saturday #saturdaymood
When some of your favorite people on the planet se When some of your favorite people on the planet send you pics of them reading your books, or pick your book for their Facebook reading list, well it warms this authors heart! Hugs people and happy reading! #bookstagram #booklover #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #author #authorlife #books #read #reading #readersofinstagram #readmorebooks
My dahlias going gangbusters this summer (or sprin My dahlias going gangbusters this summer (or spring or whatever season Montana has decided on today). Love the red and white! #dahlia #bloom #flowers #spring #montana #montanalife #missoula #missoulamontana #missoulamt #zootown #holidayweekend #garden
The apple tree at our house is going to be loaded The apple tree at our house is going to be loaded this year. It smells like heaven and currently all I want to do is lie under it and let the petal scatter around me. #missoula #zootown #evening #spring #bloom #appletree #applebloom #missoulamt #missoulamontana #montana #montanalife #montanamoment #flowers #sunshine
The damn squirrels didn’t eat all my tulips! Hah The damn squirrels didn’t eat all my tulips! Haha 😄 All around Missoula there are blooms popping open and it is warm and lovely. My favorite time of year! #spring #tulips #yellow #yellowtulips #bloom #flowers #missoula #montana #missoulamontana #zootown #warm #evening #favoritetimeofyear
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