Dana Johnson

Dana Johnson (born 1967) is an American writer and Associate Professor at the University of Southern California.[1] Honors include the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, and being named a nominee for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Her writing has appeared in Callaloo, The Iowa Review, and elsewhere.

Dana Johnson
Born1967
Los Angeles
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Southern California;
Indiana University

Life

She was born and raised in and around Los Angeles, California.[2] She was first published in the American Literary Review (University of North Texas) and the Missouri Review (University of Missouri).[3]

Honors
  • Nominee, Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (2013; for Elsewhere, California)
  • Finalist, Patterson Fiction Prize (2002)
  • Nominee, Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (2002; for Break Any Woman Down)
  • Special Mention, Pushcart Prize (2002; for short story "Melvin in the Sixth Grade")
  • Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction (2001; for Break Any Woman Down)[4]

Bibliography
  • Elsewhere, California (Counterpoint; 2012)[5]
  • Break Any Woman Down, stories (Anchor; 2001)

References
  1. Dana Johnson's University of Southern California faculty page
  2. "About", Dana Johnson website.
  3. Joe Hiland, "An Interview with Dana Johnson", Indiana Review, October 6, 2012.
  4. George, Lynell (June 10, 2012). "Review: Finding oneself in 'Elsewhere, California'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  5. Interview with Dana Johnson on KTLA" (video). Julia Drake website, July 2, 2012.
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