CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS• New Revision Series, Volume 153
Library Journal, February I , 2003. Paul Kaplan and
Robert C. Cottrell. review of The Boys of October.
p. 88.
New York Times Book Review. November 30, 1986.
Newgate Callendar. review of The Dark Side,
p. 20: May 25. 2003. Abbott Combes. "A Season
on the Brink ... review of The Boys of Octobe,:
p. 12.
Washington Posr Book World. December 15. 198).
review of Hardball, p. 6. *
* * *
HOUGAN, James Richard
See HOUGAN, Jim
* Secret Agenda: Watergate. Deep Throat. and the CIA
* *
HOUGAN, Jim 1942-
(John Case, a joint pseudonym, James Richard
Hougan)
PERSONAL: Narne originally James Richard Edwards:
name legally changed, 1960: born October 14. 1942,
in Brooklyn, NY; son of Stephen Buhl Edwards (a
soldier and night watchman) and Doris (Daly) Edwards
Hougan ; married Carolyn Johnson. December 16.
1966: children: Daisy Case. Matthew Edwards. Educa-
tion: University of Wisconsin at Madison. B.S .. 1966;
attended Centro lnte rculturales d e Documentacion.
Cuernavaca. Mexico. 1971 . Politics: ·'No matter who
you vote for, the government always get in.'"
ADDRESSES: Home- Afton. VA. and Washington.
DC. Agem-Elaine Markson Literary Agency. Inc .. 44
Greenwich Ave., New York. NY 1001 I.
CAREER: Writer. novelist. investigative journalist.
documentary fl Im maker, and broadcaster. Social
worker in Chicago, IL. I 966: Capital Times. Madison.
WI, investigative reporter. 1968-71; Harper's, New
York. NY, Washington editor. I 976-: president, Jim
Hougan Associates. Inc., 1985-.
MEMBER: Writers Guild of America (East chapter).
Boar's Head, Dynamite Club.
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DOUGAN
A WARDS, HONORS: Fellowships from Alicia Patte r-
son Foundation. Maryland- Delaware Press Associa-
tion, 1968-69. and Rockefeller Foundatio n. 1971-72:
Hammett Prize nominee, North American Branch of
Lhe Imemational Association of Crime Writers. 2003,
for The Eighth Day.
WRITINGS:
Anticipating Ma chine (poems). Quixote Pre ss
(Madison. WI). 1969.
Decadence: Radical Nostalgia. Narcissism. a,id
Decline in the Sevenries (nontictio n). Morrow
(New York. NY). 1975.
Spooks: The Hauming of America-The Privare Use
of Secrer Agems (nontiction). Morrow (New York.
NY). 1978.
(nonfiction). Random House ( New York. NY).
1984.
Kingdom Come (novel). Ballantine (New York, NY).
2000.
Contributor to popular and Literary magazines, includ-
ing Nation. Playboy. Oui, Quixote. and Crawdaddy.
and to newspapers.
IV/TH IV/FE. CAROLYN HOUGAN. UNDER JOINT PSEUDONYM
JOHN CASE: THRILLER NOVELS
The Genesis Code. Ballantine (New York. NY). 1997.
The First Horseman. Ballantine (New York. NY).
1998.
The Syndrome, Ballantine (New York. NY). 200 I.
The Eighth Day: A Nm,el. Ballantine (New York. NY).
2002.
The Murder Artist. Ballantine (New York. NY). 2004.
SIDELIGHTS: Jim Hougan is a novelist who writes
under his own name and in collaboration with his wife.
Carolyn, under the pseudonym of John Case. He has
written both fiction and nonfiction works about the
world of espionage. His research for Secret Agenda:
Watergate. Deep Throat. and the CIA served him well
when he began writing Kingdom Come. a thriller about
a CIA agent on the run from his employers. In the
novel. agent John Dunphy works undercover in
London. where he is assigned to keep an eye on a
HOUGAN CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS• New Revision Series, Volume /53
st:cmingly dull professor. When hi!) i.ubject is brutally
s lain. Dunphy is called off the case. interrogated for
days. and finally reassigned to a stultifying de!>k job.
To lind out wh,lt j!, .sfoo1 . Dunphy U!>C~ an assumed
name to reques1 information about everyone involved.
then route,; the rc4uc:,,t11 for information IO him~elf. He
eventually dist:overi. that a ,ccrt:l i,.ot:il.!ly ha., been
controlling \\<orld eventi. for hundreds of years-an
organization that now ha., ib headquarteri,. v. ithin Lhe
CIA. Events as diverse a~ the Cold War and UFO
s ightingt> are aJI reveaJed as part of a plot to shape his-
tory. Soon Dunphy and hi!', heautiful girlfriend. Clem-
entine. are running from one Europc,m capital 10 the
nexl. gathering up piece!> of the puzzle and trying 10
e lude the killer!> who are following them ... Hougan
demonstrates tine command of his material:· com-
mented a Puhlishers Weekly reviewer... Hi:. familiarit y
with the ways of spie!J. amply shown in his nonfiction.
pem1eatc~ his novel. Better yet. his writing i:-. punchy
a nd !>pare. hb rharncterization:, li ve ly: · Booklis r
contributor David Pitt remarked: .. Ho ugan . . . ha~
comhined n:ali:,m and fantasy in a way that -.houldn·t
work but does-splendidly:·
Tlte Genesis Code. the Hougans· tirst novel under the
John Case pM.'. udonym, begins with the hrutal deaths
of international investigator Joe Lassiter' s sister Kathy
and nephew Brnndon. Dctcm1incJ to find their killer.
La!>sit.er throws the foll power of his investigative
agency behind the case. He eventually discovers a pat-
tern of murdcn, of young mothers and their sons. all
of whom are connecred to a n Italian fertility clinic
headed hy a doctor who:-.e passions include c urrent
reproductive technology as well as theology. Lassiter's
invei.tigation kad" him to a sei:reti ve order of Roman
Catholics and to a priest with a terrible secret before
the pieces of the case fall into place. Case ·•writes with
intdligcnl·c and flair." und h,1s produced ..a fin.t-ratc
thriller with an astonishingly timely revelation that' s
well wonh ~laying up lure for:· rnncludedl a Publish-
ers w,,ekl_,. reviewer.
Danny Cray. protagonist of The Ei8/rrh IJay: A Nol'el.
b a sculptor and parl-limc private investigator who
thinki,. that his newest job will be a simple bit of online
investigation that will allow him to takl.! his P.1. work
1(1 full time. The fow hours of onlinc research turni.
out to be much more than expected as the investiga-
1ion embroil!! Danny in an intc:rnationaJ plot. His cli-
c-nl. Jude Belzer. turn!- out to be infomou.s and diaboli-
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cal billionairl.! Zcrevan.Zebek. a subterfuge that is only
one of many mysteries that Danny will face as he
confronts horrendous deaths. dangerous thugs, and
devastating biotechnology wilh apocalyptic potential
for deslruclion. A Publisher.\ Weekly reviewer observed
thnt the novl!I' s "piece~ tit nicely together... and that
the book "i!, a satisfying and gripping read." Case.
"who writes so very well. keeps it all .ii a merry boil."
commented a Kirb1.~ Re1•iews critk.
In The M1mler Arti.,·t. TV joumali~t Alexander Cal-
lahan makes one final effon to reconnect with his
identical twin sons after the tunnoil of !ieparation from
his wife. During a summer visit to a Renaissance fair,
however. the worst happens-the twin!> disappear. and
Callab:ia is considered a suspect. Neither Callahan nor
the police can explain a number of chillingly inexpli-
cable objecL1; in the boys· home: .s meticulously cre-
atc-d origami rabbi!. a bowl of water placed in a closet.
and a stack of seven old Mercury dimei,.. Though he is
eventually dearcd us a su:-.pcct. Callahan is deaennined
to l<.><:m.: his children and find out who took them. Por-
ing over infonnaLion on the Internet. Callahan discov-
ers connections between othe r murders and kidnap-
pings of young boys. Hi~ solo investigation eventually
lead~ him to Louisiana bayou country. where he joins
forces with ,m ulbino P.I. named Pinky to propel the
case through discoveries about voodoo and the
~igniticance of rwias in a!llcienl m,tgical riles. Callahan
must race to rescue his sons before they become
sacrificial victims of a deranged and deadly voodoo
magician. Case's --grippi ng pursuit of a warped
monster doesn't let go until the final showdown,"
stated Booklisr reviewer David Wright. " Brisk prose, a
breathtaking plot. and reali stic characters" propel ahe
story. noted Library J ournlll reviewer Rebecca House
Stankowski. E111enai11mem We,·kly contributor Gilben
Cruz remarked that Case "craft<; a wonderfulJy disturb-
ing talc.·· A Publishers Weekly reviewer called the
novel ··a long . winding narrative that's impossible lo
put J own ... Case .. is quite frankly noth ing short of
brilliant here.'' commented reviewer Joe Hartlaub on
the Bookrepurter. c:0111 Web site. --11·~ all in the telling,"
mused a Kir/.:11.,· Re ,•iews contributor. --and Case does it
just right no due. moment. or d1aral·ter unturned."
Hougan once told CA: ..My vocational and avocational
interests arc impossible Lo separate in that each inftu-
em:es the other in ways that arc often quite direc t.
Family. friends. mystery. and travel arc the things most
important to me:·
CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS• New Rnision Series. Volume 15~1
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCE'S:
PERIODICALS
Booklist. December I. 1999. David Pin. review of
Ki11gdom Come. p. 661: August. 2004, David
Wright, review of Tire Murdt>r Anis,. p. 1904.
£ntenaim11em Weekly, October 15, 2004. Gilbert Cruz.
review of The Mllrder Ani.,·t. p. 80.
Kirk11s Reviews, Sep1e mbcr I . 2002. review of The
Eighth Day: A Novel. p. 1248; August 1, 2004.
review of The Murder Artist, p. 702.
Library Joumal. October I. 2004, Rebecca Hou!)e
Stankowski. review of The Murder Artist, p. 66.
Publishers Weekly. March 17. 1997. review of The
Gene.'iis Code, p. 78: January 3, 2000. review of
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Kingdom Come. p. 56: September 2. 2002. re,,iew
of The Eighth Duy, p. 50; September 20. 2004.
review of The Murder Arti.'it, p. 46.
ONUN£
Bookreponeuom, http://www.bookreporter.com/ (Feb-
ruary 27. 2006}. Joe Hartlaub. review of Tire
Murder Artist.
lmerttatio11al Thriller Writers Web site. hup://www.
thrillerwri1crs.org/ (February 27. 2006). biopaphy
of Jim Hougan.
John Cale Home Page. http://ww\\.johncase.com
(Fcbniary 27. 2006).•
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