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Maureen Johnson

Maureen Johnson

Maureen Johnson

Maureen Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of ten YA adult novels, including 13 Little Blue Envelopes, The Name of the Star and The Madness Underneath. Maureen spends a great deal of time online, earning her some dubious and some not-so-dubious commendations, such as being named one of Time magazine’s top 140 people to follow on Twitter. Visit her at MaureenJohnsonBooks.com or follow her on Twitter at @MaureenJohnson.

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The Rise and Fall of the Hotel Dumort will be released on August 20, 2013 in Audio Download, eBook
about 11 hours ago
No Immortal Can Keep a Secret will be released on October 15, 2013 in Audio Download, eBook
about 13 hours ago
The Runaway Queen is now available in Audio Download, eBook
May 21, 2013
The Runaway Queen will be released on May 21, 2013 in Audio Download, eBook
May 21, 2013
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The Runaway Queen
May 17, 2013
The Last Stand of the New York Institute will be released on December 31, 2013 in Audio Download
May 14, 2013
The Last Stand of the New York Institute will be released on January 21, 2014 in Audio Download, eBook
May 14, 2013
The Rise of the Hotel Dumont will be released on July 16, 2013 in Audio Download, eBook
Mar 21, 2013
The Bane Chronicles 3 (w. t.) will be released on June 18, 2013 in Audio Download
Jan 24, 2013

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Huffington Post UK, May 23, 2013
...Two weeks ago, Young Adult author Maureen Johnson launched the #CoverFlip challenge to address the issue of insulting, inappropriate book covers that publishers are slapping onto books to reflect the presumed gender of the readership instead of...
Kansas City Star, May 17, 2013
...overlap in the emotion-driven, high-energy storytelling that each style embodies. The store’s current monthly book club selection, Maureen Johnson’s “The Name of the Star,” ought to please mystery and young adult lovers alike. Johnson’s...
TAXI, May 17, 2013
...After receiving many requests that she puts a “non-girly” cover on her book from her male readers, author Maureen Johnson decided to put out a challenge to her Twitter followers. The “Coverflip” challenge invites people to imagine that the...
Manmade Mag, May 15, 2013
...There’s an author named Maureen Johnson who recently ran into a rather odd problem with her books. Guys liked to read them, but they wrote her saying they wished they didn’t have such girly...
The Australian, May 14, 2013
...her, has on its cover a blue and white coffee mug with red leaves sticking out of it. Maureen Johnson, an American author of books for young adults, took it a step further when she asked her followers on Twitter to post mock-ups of well-known books with...
Huffington Post, May 13, 2013
...Remember Coverflip? I hope so, because it just happened. But if you don't know what I'm talking about, click the link or Google it or just make something up in your head. It got a lot of coverage. First in the United States, the article went slightly...
Southland Times, May 13, 2013
...recess and school uniforms. No, it carries over into adulthood, like some kind of neverending hangover. Young-adult author Maureen Johnson, writing for The Huffington Post, rants in her column about how "female fiction" is perceived 95 per cent of the...
Huffington Post UK, May 23, 2013
...Two weeks ago, Young Adult author Maureen Johnson launched the #CoverFlip challenge to address the issue of insulting, inappropriate book covers that publishers are slapping onto books to reflect the presumed gender of the readership instead of...
Huffington Post UK, May 23, 2013
...Two weeks ago, Young Adult author Maureen Johnson launched the #CoverFlip challenge to address the issue of insulting, inappropriate book covers that publishers are slapping onto books to reflect the presumed gender of the readership instead of...
Huffington Post UK, May 23, 2013
...Two weeks ago, Young Adult author Maureen Johnson launched the #CoverFlip challenge to address the issue of insulting, inappropriate book covers that publishers are slapping onto books to reflect the presumed gender of the readership instead of...
Examiner.com, May 21, 2013
...today (May 21). This title is co-written by Cassandra Clare ("The Mortal Instruments," "The Infernal Devices") and Maureen Johnson ("Shades of London," "13 Little Blue Envelopes"). The Bane Chronicles is a ten story series by Cassandra Clare, Sarah...
Media Bistro, May 20, 2013
...identify relevant information for all shelters in use and to develop effective response strategies before disasters strike. Author Maureen Johnson had more for readers who want to donate: You can give money to the @redcross RIGHT NOW, really easy, by...
KansasCity.com, May 17, 2013
...overlap in the emotion-driven, high-energy storytelling that each style embodies. The store’s current monthly book club selection, Maureen Johnson’s “The Name of the Star,” ought to please mystery and young adult lovers alike. Johnson’s...
Kansas City Star, May 17, 2013
...overlap in the emotion-driven, high-energy storytelling that each style embodies. The store’s current monthly book club selection, Maureen Johnson’s “The Name of the Star,” ought to please mystery and young adult lovers alike. Johnson’s...