Johanna Parkhurst grew up on a small dairy farm in Vermont before relocating to the rocky mountains of Colorado. A long-time middle school literacy and writing teacher, she now spends her days writing, creating literacy curriculum for schools, and teaching college writing. She is the author of several young adult novels and also writes under various other names.

Johanna holds degrees from Albertus Magnus College and Columbia University. She loves traveling,  the Food Network, skiing, and yelling at the TV during football and hockey season. 

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