Joan Johnston
[[[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.
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Series/Related Titles
Sisters of the Lone Star
Captive Hearts
Hawk's Way
Bitter Creek
Awards/Honours
- 1988-1989 RT Career Achievement Award Winner - Western Historical Series
- Honor Roll of Romance Writers of America
