Jeff Houlahan was born in Calgary, Alberta and grew up on a half-dozen military  bases in Canada and Germany before settling in Ottawa, Canada.  He's been a waiter, a security guard (there is nothing less hip than being a  nineteen-year-old security guard in full uniform at a midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show), a bartender, made pool liners (a much tougher job than it sounds), delivered mail on Parliament Hill, and played guitar in a punk band called The Rainkings.  
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Today, he's an ecologist, conservation biologist, and writer. He lives with his wife, Kim, in Cocagne, New Brunswick and works at the University of New  Brunswick. All along he's been writing – short stories, songs, and, over the last dozen years, novels.  Published by Level Best Books, Long Train Home (March, 2022) is his first novel and his second, Boom Boom's Last Call, published in January, 2024. Singer's Circle, published by  Histria Books, released in August, 2025.

www.jeffhoulahan.com