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Jim Hougan (born Jimmy Edwards in Brooklyn), is an American writer.

Hougan's mother was a model and father a paratrooper. His mother and he moved to Reno, Nevada, where his mother found work at a casino. Later the family moved to Los Angeles, California where Jim's mother married a Norwegian whereupon Jimmy Edwards became a Hougan (u is silent) and acquired four siblings.The family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma and then to Racine, Wisconsin, where Hougan attended Horlick High School. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Hougan made a name for himself in journalism.Hougan was also a private investigator before writing his nonfiction novels which often center around the greater Washington, D.C. area.

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