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Bios
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Short bio
Author, addiction counselor, and advocate from the Pacific Northwest. More than a decade sober.
Long bio
John Wayne Houston is a Pacific Northwest author and addiction counselor whose family's loss of land in 1960s Renton became part of the story behind Washington State's Houston Eminent Domain Fairness Act, signed into law in 2025. More than a decade sober, he writes and speaks about recovery, racism, dignity, and the slow work of returning to the light.
Approved claims
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- Author of Return to the Sunlight (Get Heard Publishing, 2025).
- Foreword by Judge Jay B. Roof.
- ISBN 9781964111261.
- The family story behind Houston Eminent Domain Fairness Act (SB 5142, Chapter 224, Laws of 2025).
- Bill sponsored by Sen. Bob Hasegawa; passed the washington state senate unanimously.
- Pacific Northwest based. Addiction counselor. More than a decade sober.
Interview topics
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- 01How a 1960s family land loss became connected to Washington's Houston Eminent Domain Fairness Act.
- 02What real recovery looks like after more than a decade sober.
- 03Race, land, and inheritance in the Pacific Northwest.
- 04How memoir and civic action meet in Return to the Sunlight.
- 05Dignity, relapse, and the work that actually helps.
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