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Johnson in 2006. Jane Johnson (born 1960) is an English writer of books for adults and children and fiction book editor. As a writer she has used the pseudonyms Gabriel King, jointly with M. John Harrison, and Jude Fisher, as well as her real name.
Musical setting of poem by Jane Johnston Schoolcraft. University of Michigan. Archived 2021-04-24 at the Wayback Machine; Dave Stanaway and Susan Askwith. CD: John Johnston: His Life and Times in the Fur Trade Era. Borderland Records. Included is the song "Sweet Willy, My Boy", with lyrics taken from a poem written by Jane Johnston Schoolcraft.
Jane Johnson may refer to: Jane Johnson (actress) (1706–1733), English actress; Jane Johnson (slave) (c. 1814–1872), American slave who was center of a precedent-setting legal case; Jane Johnson (writer, born 1960), English author; Jane Johnson (18th-century writer) (1706–1759), English writer; Jane Clayson Johnson (born 1967), American ...
Jane Johnson (née Russell, 16 December 1706–9 February 1759) was an English vicar’s wife who wrote letters, poetry, children’s fiction and teaching aids. Although none of her work was published during her life, it has since been studied as part of the history of education , children’s fiction , and epistolary literacy.
Jane was the eldest daughter of John Johnston, a prominent Scots-Irish fur trader, and his wife Ozhaguscodaywayquay (Susan Johnston), daughter of a leading Ojibwe chief, Waubojeeg, and his wife. Both of the Johnstons were of high status; they had eight children together, and their cultured, wealthy family was well known in the area.
Jane Johnston has been recognized as the first Native American literary writer and poet in the United States. In 2008, she was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame . Two other Johnston daughters also married prominent white men of the region; Anna Maria married Henry R. Schoolcraft's younger brother, James.
Johnston was the third of seven children born to an Air Force sergeant and his music-teacher wife. She received a Bachelor of Arts in theatre arts from Jacksonville University in 1970, then earned an Master's degree in theatre from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1971.
Catherine Woolley (August 11, 1904 – July 23, 2005) [1] known also by the pen name Jane Thayer, was an American children's writer. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She is known best for the book The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy , which became the basis of a 1978 animated television special.