Jody Houton is a journalist and author from Manchester, UK. Although a prolific writer of short stories and songs in his teenage years, it was only upon making the decision to leave the TEFL English teaching profession, coupled with 10,000 Korean Won from his girlfriend-at-the-time for a week's worth of cafe coffees, that he returned to writing. Houton's first book, A Geek in Thailand, was published in November 2015. He is currently working on his first novel.