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A.S. Johnson

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in The United States

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female

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http://www.authorasjohnson.com

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Romance, Paranormal, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Ernest Hemingway, Ray Bradbury, Edgar Allan Poe

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January 2011

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I'm, A.S. Johnson, disabled veteran turned romance novel writer released my first romance novel “Orion” December 2010 and "The Vampire Empress Chronicles: Caroline's Path" Sept. 2011. Neria The Demon Huntress: The Prophecy Book I due out late Spring 2012.
I'm the youngest daughter of six children, a Navy brat who later served in the U.S. Army while attending college at Northwest Missouri State University.
I love to read, write romance novels and poetry, cook, history, sightseeing, funny movies, travel, and spend time with family.
My story is a not a simple one. I grew up in a working class family composed of dealing with both physical and psychological abuse by my father, served in the U.S. Navy for over 20 years as a Navy Corpsman. Our family...more I'm, A.S. Johnson, disabled veteran turned romance novel writer released my first romance novel “Orion” December 2010 and "The Vampire Empress Chronicles: Caroline's Path" Sept. 2011. Neria The Demon Huntress: The Prophecy Book I due out late Spring 2012.
I'm the youngest daughter of six children, a Navy brat who later served in the U.S. Army while attending college at Northwest Missouri State University.
I love to read, write romance novels and poetry, cook, history, sightseeing, funny movies, travel, and spend time with family.
My story is a not a simple one. I grew up in a working class family composed of dealing with both physical and psychological abuse by my father, served in the U.S. Navy for over 20 years as a Navy Corpsman. Our family moved frequently even after dad’s military service had ended in 1971.
I was born in 1968 in Illinois at Great Lakes Naval base, spent my younger years living in North Carolina, Indiana, Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. After graduating high school 1986 in Webb City, Missouri I went on to attend college at Northwest Missouri State University majoring in Political Science and minoring in Criminal Justice. While in college in the fall of 1988 I joined the Army R.O.T.C.(Reserve Officer Training Corp), during the summer of 1990 between my junior and senior year of college I sustained sever trauma to my lower spine during Officer Basic Training. Physical therapy and finally spinal surgery to my lower lumbar would prove to be more than I could take. I continued one more semester of college before physically and financially not being able to continue with my education. During my adult years I worked as a sales clerk, car hop, office assistant, pre-school teacher, before my physical condition became permanent.
Even after regaining my self-esteem and self-worth is still a hopeless romantic who still believes in true love despite living through three failed marriages. All of which I could write a complete novel about do’s and don’t of marriage. I've dealt with everything from infidelity, emotional and verbal abuse, to public and private humiliation by my former husbands.
I've won brief battles over cervical cancer, endometriosis, and what was thought to be a mild stroke; all of which added to my physical disability would contribute to my being childless.
In 2009, I would have my second medical scare, this time changing my life forever. Just after my birthday I rededicated myself to following my dreams. From that day forward I would start living life instead of sitting around and day dreaming about it.
I have always had a desire to write. One morning after awakening from a wild dream I sat down and began to write. For the next six hours my visions consumed me and it was from this the first six chapters of “Orion” were written. The first three chapters came from my actual dream. A few days later I had my niece Stacy look over the chapters I had wrote, Stacy loved it. This was the fuel I needed to inspire me to continue to write my first romance novel. Over the course of four months the novel was written, spell checked, edited, modified, and read over twenty times front to back. In late summer of 2009 I signed with Writer’s Literary Agency, who then helped me polish my novel, and got me in touch with Strategic Book Publishers Group/Eloquent Books. By June 2010 I had a signed book deal with Eloquent Book Publishers and in December of 2010 my first novel “Orion” was released to the public online. "The Vampire Empress Chronicles: Caroline's Path" Sept. 2011 is the first book in the vampire romance novel series is in paperback and available on Ebook.
~A.S. Johnson

Follow & Add me @ Twitter, Facebook, MySpace. I'm a proud member of: Romance Writers of America and Valley of the Sun Romance Writers Assoc.(less)

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	The Vampire Empress Chronicles: Caroline's Path 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orion 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neria (The Future Demon Huntress, #1) 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Native Nights: Roxanna 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Noches de Nativos: Roxanna {Spanish Paperback Version} 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Description: Chapter out of my upcoming poetry compilation I'm working on with my sisters and nieces for charity. I have three poems listed and would like everyone's opinion on to which is the best, the poem voted best will be the Foreward to my upcoming second romance novel. So, let me know which one you like best!! Thanks. ~A.S. Johnson

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Silent Truth (B.A.D. Agency, #4)

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A.S. Johnson rated a book 5 of 5 stars Winter's Heat (Heat, #1) by Tami Vinson (Goodreads Author) read in March, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
First book of Tami's that I've read. I meet her as a fellow author at the Glendale Chocolate Affaire 2012 in Glendale, AZ. We're both members of RWA & Valley of the Sun Romance Writers, a chapter of RWA. Tami is a wonderful person, sweet as any....more
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A.S. Johnson liked Desiree Russell's review of The Vampire Empress Chronicles: Caroline's Path: " First of all I want to thank A.S. Johnson for giving me the opportunity to read this book. Secondly I have to say that I've read a lot of different vampire books, but I really like this one. I like the spin on vampires that A.S. Johnson takes with... " Read more of this review »
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A.S. Johnson rated a book 3 of 5 stars Touch of Surrender (Primal Instinct, #5) by Rhyannon Byrd (Goodreads Author) read in June, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Another enjoyable read in the Primal series. Some parts seemed slow and forced where others were more exciting. Not crazy about the ending, could have been smoother for the next transition. I'm looking forward to the next book.
Feb 07, 2012 10:23pm · see review
A.S. Johnson rated a book 4 of 5 stars A Taste of Midnight (Midnight Breed, #9.5) by Lara Adrian (Goodreads Author) read in January, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Enjoyable writing style, easy to follow plot, good pace, and likable characters. A nice twist upon the old vampire story, very enjoyable! Everything flowed well and author pulls you in so you'll keep reading not wanting to put the book down until you...more
Jan 18, 2012 10:09pm · see review
A.S. Johnson rated a book 3 of 5 stars One Silent Night (Dark-Hunter, #16) by Sherrilyn Kenyon read in January, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
It was okay. Romance with Greek Gods & Godesses lives twisted within. Interesting plot and story line, had a good pace. Dialogue jumps back and forth between various characters, each connected to the other.
Jan 05, 2012 03:03pm · see review
A.S. Johnson rated a book 4 of 5 stars Born of Fire (The League, #2) by Sherrilyn Kenyon read in June, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Another good novel by Kenyon... I really enjoyed the tension, the action, and found joy in the pace of the flow of the novel. Very enjoyable read! Fell in love with Syn, he's one sexy hero!!
Jan 02, 2012 09:04pm · see review

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