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Kent L Johnson

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Kent L Johnson holds a BS in Biology and has worked in Seed Science for most of his 40-year career. He has 10 published short stories and a handful of unpublished stories, along with 3 novels. Among other events in Kent’s life, he has travelled and worked in Canada, England, France, Italy, Australia, Argentina, Chile, New Zealand and Spain, plus most of the USA. He worked as a waiter and cook, Cannery Waste Inspector, QA inspector at a Turkey Processing factory, QA Manager and researcher in seed coating, owned his own motorcycle leather and accessory shop, plus trained people around the world how to coat seeds (that’s unique, huh?). He currently resides a stone’s throw away from Louisville, Kentucky in New Albany, Indiana, just across the O ...more

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I'm was still working on Brewmaster of Arabia, my third novel that believe it or not, I first started writing, if my computer file dating is correct, in 2002. It really took off in 2012 when I started putting more ideas together and showing it around. Showing it aro

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