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'''Joan Johnston''' is the pen name of ''Joan Mertens Johnston''.
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'''Joan Johnston''' is the pen name of ''Joan Mertens Johnston''. She has a bachelor's and master's degree in theatre, worked for a weekly newspaper, was a director of theatre at a junior college in Texas, went to law school and ended up working at the largest firm in Virginia.
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As a mother of two she turned to reading romance novels to cope with the stress of being a working mother and often thought "I could write one of these..." - which she finally did. Contacting Linda Marrow of [[Pocket Books]] - she had met her at the second annual Romantic Times conference in New York - her book was accepted and published as [[A Loving Defiance]] in the [[Tapestry Romance]] line in 1985.
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She writes [[Historical Romance|historical romances]] for [[Pocket Books]] and [[Dell]], [[Contemporary|contemporary romances]] for [[Avon]] and [[Category Romance|category romance]] for the [[Silhouette Desire]] imprint.
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== On The Web ==
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* [http://www.joanjohnston.com/index.html Joan Johnston's Website]
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== Bibliography==
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=== Novellas ===
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== Series/Related Titles ==
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=== Sisters of the Lone Star ===
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=== Captive Hearts ===
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=== Hawk's Way ===
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=== Bitter Creek ===
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== Awards/Honours ==
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* [http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=author&level=2&year=1988-1989 1988-1989 RT Career Achievement Award Winner] - Western Historical Series
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* [http://www.rwanational.org/cs/authors_and_books/rwa_honor_roll Honor Roll] of [[Romance Writers of America]]

Revision as of 20:47, 26 July 2008

[[[Category:Lawyer Turned Author]] Joan Johnston is the pen name of Joan Mertens Johnston. She has a bachelor's and master's degree in theatre, worked for a weekly newspaper, was a director of theatre at a junior college in Texas, went to law school and ended up working at the largest firm in Virginia.

As a mother of two she turned to reading romance novels to cope with the stress of being a working mother and often thought "I could write one of these..." - which she finally did. Contacting Linda Marrow of Pocket Books - she had met her at the second annual Romantic Times conference in New York - her book was accepted and published as A Loving Defiance in the Tapestry Romance line in 1985.

She writes historical romances for Pocket Books and Dell, contemporary romances for Avon and category romance for the Silhouette Desire imprint.

On The Web

Bibliography

Books

Novellas

Collections

Series/Related Titles

Sisters of the Lone Star

Captive Hearts

Hawk's Way

Bitter Creek

Awards/Honours