Red Johnson

Red Johnson grew up at the northwest corner of Donner Lake, California in what could only be described as a "wilderness family". The closest town was Truckee, CA. six miles east. He was home schooled in the winter by his mother. She also sparked his interest in the pioneers with the stories of Kit Carson, Daniel Boone, and Davy Crockett. Then she showed him where Kit's trail ran across their back yard. She was a prolific writer and that rubbed off on Red. His father had a horse ranch where he broke mustangs he had caught himself on the Nevada range. He hired Nevada cowboys to assist, and their ways rubbed off on Red too. Also, in their back yard was a line shack. There one of the last of the old mountain men spent his winters spinning yarns of tall tales to a red headed 6 old boy.

Novelist, Historian, Columnist, Lecturer, and Active Member of the Western Writers of America.

U.S. Naval Aircrewmen 6yrs, Vietnam in country Veteran 67-68 VO-67 Crazy Cats: google it!

20 yrs. working for a Central California large publisher as District & Area Manager with 90 employees.

Education: AA in Electronics, J.D. in Law, and a PhD in hard knocks. Many Naval schools.

14 yrs. a Columnist for the Gold Country Times; Red's column "Legends of The Gold Country" accounted for 50% of all new subscriptions. First novel was published in 1994 and five more since then. The Literary Society of El Dorado County voted Red one of the top three authors in N. California. He writes with two simple rules: 1. The book must contribute to western history, or change it! Rule 2. Read rule number 1.