Julia Johnson

Reclusive literary legend M. M. 'Mimi' Banning has been holed up in her Bel Air mansion for years. But after falling prey to a Bernie Madoff-style ponzi scheme, she's flat broke. Now Mimi must write a new book for the first time in decades, and to ensure the timely delivery of her manuscript, her New York publisher sends an assistant to monitor her progress. The prickly Mimi reluctantly complies, with a few stipulations: No Ivy-Leaguers or English...

Presents a rhyming, alphabet book, that takes the reader on a trip across the lands of Arabia, it customs, its people, and its animals, from A-Z.

"It’s 1938 and women seeking a quick, no-questions split from their husbands head to the 'divorce capital of the world,' Reno, Nevada. There’s one catch: they have to wait six-weeks to become 'residents.' Many of these wealthy, soon-to-be divorcees flock to the Flying Leap, a dude ranch that caters to their every need. Twenty-four-year-old Ward spent one year at Yale before his family lost everything in the Great Depression; now he’s earning...

Julia Johnson, a native of Wisconsin, has called Colorado home for the past 67 years. She learned to fly at the age of 19 when primarily men, not women, became pilots. A graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder with degrees in English and Education, Julia became the school principal and seventh and eighth grade teacher in "old" Dillon, now buried under Lake Dillon, Colorado. During that time she learned to ski, qualifying as a member of the...

In 19th century Seville, the lusty, tempestuous Carmen seduces a naive Army corporal, Don Jose, newly assigned to the village fortress. Jose abandons his career, his fiancee and even his dying mother for the love of this sultry gypsy. But soon she spurns him in favor of a toreador, Escamillo. Crazed with jealousy, Jose begs Carmen to return to him, but her taunting declaration of independence results in tragedy.