Background
Nancy Johnson was born on July 11, 1948 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States, into the family of Wallace R. and Ellen B. Johnson.
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Nancy Johnson was born on July 11, 1948 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States, into the family of Wallace R. and Ellen B. Johnson.
Nancy graduated from Randolph-Macon College and received an Master of Education From Lehigh University, an Master of Arts from Johns Hopkins University, and an Master of Fine Arts from the University of Arizona.
In the 1970s and early 1980s, Nancy worked as a nanny to the children of an American diplomat at the embassy in Moscow; an announcer for a York, Pennsylvania, radio station; a reporter and anchor for several Pennsylvania television stations; and a copywriter for an advertising agency.
Nancy taught English and creative writing at several colleges, including Mount Vernon College, Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth, Hood College, and Mount Vernon College. While in Arizona, she taught high school and college English in Tucson and began submitting her fierce, beautiful poems for publication. Then she fully devoted her career to writing. Her poetry was widely published in literary reviews. "Writing Toward the Center," Nancy's essay about writing this memoir, was included in Dedicated to the People of Darfur: Writings on Risk, Hope, and Fear, published by Rutgers Press in 2009.
Nancy was described as stylish, feisty, independent, competitive, fun, joyous, angry, classy, combative, and complicated. She thought it was important to learn the rules so you knew when to break them. And she had a wonderful quirky, visual sense of humor.
Physical Characteristics: Nancy had an incredible smile, bright shining eyes, and a great laugh/cackle.
On August 17, 1991 Nancy married an attorney Arthur Y. Bryant, with whom she had a son Wallace Johnson.
