Rick Houghton

M, #97919, b. circa 1953, d. 4 February 2010

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Birthcirca 1953
DeathFeb 4, 2010El Segundo, CA, USA, age 57

Kristen Houghton

F, #97920

Family: Alan (?)

  • Marriage*: Kristen Houghton married Alan (?)

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Author2010Kristen Houghton is the author of the popular new book, And Then I'll Be Happy! Stop Sabotaging Your Happiness and Put Your Own Life First

Published by GPP Life an imprint of Globe Pequot Press her book chronicles the true stories of real women who always seem to place their own happiness last on their exhaustive to-do list and offers solid solutions for creating a happy, healthy, personally successful life on your own terms.

An award-winning writer with critics hailing her work as "fresh, insightful, sharp, and sophisticated," Houghton's articles appear in Examiner.com, More, Hartford Woman, Gulfshore, and other print and online newsmagazines. She is the former head writer and features editor of Mused Literary Magazine.

Under the name, CK Houghton, she writes "nice little horror stories" guaranteed to make you check your locks and look under the bed before going to sleep.

A "California" girl at heart, Kristen and her husband reside in the New York City area.
Read Kristen's Happiness Keys Blog at: www.andthenillbehappy.com

Twitter @kristenhoughton
Residence2010New York, New York Co., NY, USA
BiographyShe is also a nationally syndicated columnist for Examiner.com, an affiliate of the Hearst News
Organization, where her highly popular Relationships column reaches millions of readers
worldwide. She is a featured writer for Hartford Woman, SWI International Magazine, and
Today Magazine. Kristen has been writing about women's issues, relationships, and how
to live a personally successful life, in major print magazines and online for over ten years
and is a frequent media contributor and speaker.
As a well-respected educator, Kristen has taught International Languages, Linguistics,
and Cultures on the secondary and university levels. Writing, however, has always been
her first passion and she was able to combine her love of words and language to launch a
new career as an author and journalist. Through her work as an author, relationship
writer, and public speaker she is now educating women and men on how to live a
successfully happy life.

Under the name, CK Houghton, she writes "nice little horror stories" guaranteed to make
you check your locks and look under the bed before going to sleep.

Happily married, Kristen and her husband Alan reside in the New York City area.

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journalist/editor at SWI International Magazine
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NYC Happiness and Health columnist at Examiner.com
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Past
Nationally Syndicated Relationship Columnist at the Examiner at Examiner.com
Senior Fiction Editor at Mused Literary Review
Former Columnist and Editor at BellaOnline
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Kristen Houghton’s Summary

Successful nationally syndicated columnist. Loyal readership and excellent demographics

Writing assignments have included: women's issues, all areas of relationships, lifestyle and health, living well and successfully, political correspondent, news in education, and satire.

Quality, informative articles, for print and online magazines professionally written by Kristen Houghton

Available as a women's issues and lifestyle and relationship expert for television, radio, and internet shows; also for public speaking at colleges, organizations, and social clubs

Host of relationship internet show, "Everything's Personal, Nothing's Sacred" coming in 2010.

Under the name, CK Houghton, she writes "nice little horror stories" guaranteed to make you check your locks and look under the bed before going to sleep.

Kristen Houghton’s Specialties:
author, writer for women's issues, lifestyle and relationships expert, nationally syndicated columnist, media contributor, public speaker,radio host

Kristen Houghton’s Experience

journalist/editor
SWI International Magazine
(Writing and Editing industry)
February 2010 — Present (2 months)
writing on women's perspectives, relationships, happiness, and living well

featured writer
Hartford Women Magazine
(Privately Held; Writing and Editing industry)
December 2009 — Present (4 months)
featured writer on women's issues, stories in the news

NYC Happiness and Health columnist
Examiner.com
(Writing and Editing industry)
December 2009 — Present (4 months)
writes a weekly column
articles cover living a healthy, happy, successful life, relationships, and all newsworthy topics

contributing writer
MORE Magazine
(Writing and Editing industry)
September 2009 — Present (7 months)
features on women's issues, relationships

Nationally Syndicated Columnist for Examiner
Examiner
(Privately Held; Writing and Editing industry)
2008 — Present (2 years )
nationally syndicated columnist on relationships and lifestyle

Featured Relationship Writer
Family Lobby
(Writing and Editing industry)
July 2006 — Present (3 years 9 months)
assignments include: all aspects of relationships, modern education, issues affecting women,family health and living well

Featured Relationship Writer
Family Magazine
(Writing and Editing industry)
April 2006 — Present (4 years )
Kristen is a featured relationship writer for Family Magazine.
http://articles.familylobby.com/a75-kristen-houghton.htm

Nationally Syndicated Relationship Columnist at the Examiner
Examiner.com
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
July 2008 — December 2009 (1 year 6 months)
Writes the popular daily Relationships column which covers all aspects of relationships

Creator and author of the weekend commentary, "Everything's Personal, Nothing's Sacred!"

Featured National Examiner, has been ranked in the top five of National Relationship Examiner columnists

Senior Fiction Editor
Mused Literary Review
(Writing and Editing industry)
November 2007 — October 2008 (1 year )
created and edited the fiction section of Mused Magazine
wrote award-winning fiction for Mused
was in charge of fiction editors
responsible for deadlines and editing fiction submissions

Former Columnist and Editor
BellaOnline
(Writing and Editing industry)
July 2003 — October 2008 (5 years 4 months)
From 2003 to 2008, Kristen wrote the hugely popular column MARRIAGE. During those five years, she was also the Education columnist for the critically acclaimed column, School Reform.

All articles from Bella Online Magazine written by Kristen Houghton, have been moved to Family Lobby.com

Columnist and Editor Healthy Living
Gulfshore News
(Writing and Editing industry)
May 1997 — June 2003 (6 years 2 months)
wrote a monthly column on health and living well

Additional Information

Kristen Houghton’s Websites:
My Blog
Kristen Houghton’s Interests:
writing for a magazine and newspaper, publishers, book publishing hosting mainstream and internet radio shows:hear Kristen's podcast at: http://www.cyberears.com/index.php/Browse/playaudio/4643

Kristen Houghton’s Honors:
Kristen Houghton's new nationally syndicated column for the Examiner has been placed in the
Examiner's Best of the Best for quality and informative writing.

Family Magazine readers have voted her relationship articles as "the best and most popular" for 2006 and 2007

Kristen is the 2008, and 2009 recipient of the coveted Power of Words award from New Writers Guild.

Her weekly column MARRIAGE, which she wrote from 2003-2008, had a world-wide readership of over eight million monthly and was frquently cited for excellence in writing, "a great mix of sensitivity, practicality, and humor...brava Kristen!" by her fellow writers, at The Writers Review

Kristen Houghton was the Senior Fiction Editor of Mused Literary Magazine for 2007 and 2008.