Angela Johnson Net Worth

Angela Johnson is an acclaimed author of children's picture books, young adult novels, and poetry. She was born on June 18, 1961 in Tuskegee, AL and is best known for her works The First Part Last (2004), Heaven (1999), and Toning the Sweep (1994), which all won the Coretta Scott King Award.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day June 18, 1961
Birth Place Tuskegee, AL
Age 62 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Gemini

💰 Net worth: $11 Million (2024)

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About

The author of children's pictures books, young adult novels, and poetry focusing on African-American families, Johnson is particularly well known for her Coretta Scott King Award-winning works The First Part Last (2004); Heaven (1999); and Toning the Sweep (1994).

Before Fame

Her first picture book, Tell Me a Story, Mama (published in 1991) won the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award.

Trivia

While working as a nanny for children's Writer Cynthia Rylant, the young Johnson was mentored by the established author.

Family Life

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.

Associated With

She collaborated with Illustrator Dav Pilkey on the 1993 picture book Julius.