Johnson, Varian - Writer
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Varian Johnson is the author of MY LIFE AS A RHOMBUS (Flux/Llewellyn, 2008) and the Essence Magazine Bestseller, A RED POLKA DOT IN A WORLD FULL OF PLAID (Genesis Press, 2005).
He was born and raised in Florence, South Carolina, and attended the University of Oklahoma, where he received a BS in Civil Engineering. Varian now lives in Austin, TX with his wife, Crystal, and is a member of SCBWI, the Writers’ League of Texas, and The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN). Varian is also the co-founder of The Brown Bookshelf, an online community charged with highlighting established and up-and-coming African-American authors of children’s and young adult literature.