Tenea D. Johnson

Tenea D. Johnson is an award-winning author, musician and editor. Her work includes the poetry/prose collection, Starting Friction, as well as the novels, R/evolution, Evolution and Smoketown, of which Publisher's Weekly wrote "the understated, lyrical prose makes even small moments feel triumphant."

Smoketown won the Carl Brandon Parallax Award, while R/evolution received an honorable mention the same year. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in various magazines and anthologies, including Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond, Shades of Blue & Gray: Ghosts of the Civil War, and Tangle. She's performed her musical pieces at the Knitting Factory and the Public Theater, among other venues. You can find her virtual home at teneadjohnson.com. Stop by anytime.