Contact Details

Bios

Fun Bio

Lana Wood Johnson was born and raised in Iowa in the time before the internet but has spent the rest of her life making up for that. Lana lives in Minnesota with her husband and their rescue dog.

Professional Bio

LANA WOOD JOHNSON is the author TECHNICALLY, YOU STARTED IT and SPEAK FOR YOURSELF, both from Scholastic Press. When she isn’t writing, she supports a local youth shelter’s technology initiatives. She lives in Minnesota’s Twin Cities with her husband and rescue dog. She can be found on Threads (@muliebris), Instagram (@muliebris) or on her website lanawoodjohnson.com.  

Headshots and Other Images

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Photo credit – Mike Madison

Extra Info

Bookings and Appearances

Book Press Kits:

Technically, You Started It

Speak for Yourself

Interview topics:

  • Texting alternative book formats
  • Technology and Teenagers
  • Phones and At-Risk Youth
  • On-Page Demisexuality Representation
  • On-Page Anxiety Representation
  • Queer/Questioning narratives
 

Fun Facts:

  1. Has written two thesis papers, one on Nixon’s Impeachment and the other on comparative Utopias.
  2. Was once the TA for a Chinese history course she was enrolled in at the same time.
  3. Was a Goth club kid in the mid-90s where she discovered clown makeup matches her complexion