| Birth Day | June 18, 1961 |
| Birth Place | Tuskegee, AL |
| Age | 62 YEARS OLD |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
The author of children's pictures books, young adult novels, and poetry focusing on African-American families, Johnson is particularly well known for her
Her first picture book, Tell Me a Story, Mama (published in 1991) won the
While working as a nanny for children's Writer
Many of her works, including her lyrical poetry collection The Other Side: Shorter Poems, paint a vivid picture of the history and character of her home state of Alabama. Though she was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, she actually spent most of her youth in Windham, Ohio.
She collaborated with Illustrator Dav Pilkey on the 1993 picture book Julius.
