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Todd Johnson

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Todd Johnson's bestselling first novel THE SWEET BY AND BY received the 2010 Connecticut Book Award. The novel was also named a PEOPLE "Great Reads For Your Book Club" Pick, a REAL SIMPLE "Entertainment Selection," and a 2010 Books-A-Million Book Club selection.

Johnson has been a teacher and session singer in New York City and received a Tony Award nomination as a producer of THE COLOR PURPLE on Broadway. He is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and Yale.

Born and raised in North Carolina, he now lives in Litchfield County, Connecticut with two wildly energetic Brittanys, Josephine and Owen.


We are putting a new roof on our old, old, old house. This is no longer a choice. Hammering is going to happen all too soon. There will be no reading except at night. There will be no writing except at night. There will be no thinking except at night. That leaves eating and worrying about the work I'm not doing. My novel and I are looking for asylum. read more »
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Average rating: 3.60 · 972 ratings · 266 reviews · 1 distinct work
The Sweet By and By
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 974 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions
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The Cove by Ron Rash
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Wonderful new book by a wonderful writer!
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Just Above My Head by James Baldwin
Just Above My Head
by James Baldwin
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Passages were so poetic that I found myself copying them onto index cards.
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The Widower's Tale by Julia Glass
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Going Away Shoes by Jill McCorkle
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I love Jill McCorkle's wit...it seems so effortless in her writing. These stories are carefully crafted with great insight into our hearts. They shout, "True!"
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The Heaven of Mercury by Brad Watson
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A new Southern author for me, although by no means new to many readers. I loved this work.
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Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips
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This is gorgeous writing. My first novel by Jayne Anne Phillips, but certainly won't be my last. Her research on the Korean War is impressive, but it's the writing about West Virginia that pulled me in. I love the parts written Termite's consciousnes...more
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Carry Me Home by Diane McWhorter
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Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
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The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch
The Sea, the Sea
by Iris Murdoch
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Blood Done Sign My Name by Timothy B. Tyson
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More of Todd's books…
“I learned that attention is a prize, in love. The first thing you give. And the first thing to go, when the ‘new’ wears off.”
Todd Johnson, The Sweet By and By

“Risin up, when you’re weak, makes a person stronger. By standin, thery’re saying that [she] matters, and they matter too. I feel better when I think about how showin respect to one person makes every person makes every person worth more.”
Todd Johnson, The Sweet By and By

“Havin to make all the rules, all the time, wasn’t never my idea of a party.”
Todd Johnson, The Sweet By and By




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