Fenton
Johnson was born ninth of nine children into an Appalachian whiskey-making
family with a strong storytelling tradition. He is the author of two
novels, Crossing the River (1989) and Scissors, Paper, Rock (1993), as well as
Geography of the Heart: A Memoir (1996). He is the recipient of a number
of literary awards, and is a regular contributor to Harper's Magazine.
Johnson's short
fiction, essays, and features have been widely published and
anthologized. He is on the faculty of the creative writing
program at the University of Arizona, where he has completed his latest book: Keeping
Faith: A Skeptic's
Journey (Houghton Mifflin, 2003).
To read the prologue to Geography of the Heart: A Memoir, go online to amazon.com, where this and other books can be purchased in paperback.
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