Author: Mike Johnson

Mike Johnson is the author of four meticulously researched historical novels as well as a fifth book – Mascot, Minister, Man of Steel-The Final Reunion – that tells the story of kids he knew in his youth and with whom he reunited decades later. They had known serious hardships and handled them with courage and grace. The resulting book pays tribute to the resilience of the human spirit. In researching his historical novels, Johnson has visited nations from Poland and Romania to Singapore and Malaysia. His aim is writing stories that give readers a sense of “really being there” as history unfolds. Numerous readers have told him, “I never liked history – until I read your books.” Johnson is an alumnus of Ohio University, Marshall Law at Cleveland State University and Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. He is married to Lynne and they have three adult children, Andrea, Zach and Ben; a daughter-in-law, Jessica; and one granddaughter, Elsie Lee Anne.