The news is out ✨THE COLOR OF A LIE ✨is a LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE Finalist for Young Adult Literature! This is two years in a row, with INVISIBLE SON as a finalist last year. This is a huge honor, especially with an incredible group of finalists @tracicheeauthor @ka_cobell @safiamafia and @carolinaixta

The African American Children’s Book Fair in Philly was amazing!! It was packed from babies to great great grandparents.

Well hello Black History Month and new followers! Im an award winning author who combines the things I love the most, Black people, Social Justice, and Thrillers. Former VP in Higher Ed and forever student.

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I’m still in shock at the news my historical thriller set in 1955 Levittown Pennsylvania won the 2025 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction! 🏆

Another list! This time School Library Journals Best Books of 2024!!

It’s Best Books list time of year! THE COLOR OF A LIE made it on the New York Public Library’s Best Books of 2024 list!!!

So @yallfest it’s a wrap!! What a wonderful book filled weekend! So many readers and thoughtful authors along with an amazing organizing team and volunteers that launch this incredible festival! Until next time!

So thrilled to be headed to @yallfest this week!!!

Hi 👋🏾 I’m a YA author who writes social thrillers and love all things art, culture, politics, and society. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2414...

One week since release and a ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3rd Starred review for THE COLOR OF A LIE

“Johnson delivers a stellar and arresting YA thriller inspired by real-life events…A historical novel that is captivating, edifying, and gracefully expressed.
--Shelf Awareness

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Dropping these gorgeous blurbs for my novel THE COLOR OF A LIE that comes out June 11!!

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Join me at my book launch for #thecolorifalie June 11 at 7pm Politics and Prose DC Conn Ave! #booktok