Peter Johnson
Biography
Peter Johnson
Peter Johnson is the critically acclaimed author of several collections of poetry, short stories and novels, including MIRACLES & MORTIFICATIONS, winner of the James Laughlin Award, EDUARDO & “I,” PRETTY HAPPY!, LOVE POEMS FOR THE MILLENNIUM, RANTS AND RAVES: Selected and New Prose Poems, I'M A MAN, and two young adult novels: LOSERVILLE and WHAT HAPPENED, a Paterson Prize winner that ALA Booklist called the “most gorgeously written YA of 2007.” Johnson is the recipient of two creative writing awards from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. He teaches creative writing and children’s literature at Providence College in Rhode Island, where he lives with his wife, Genevieve, and two sons, Kurt and Lucas.
Peter Johnson
