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Todd Johnson

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Raleigh, NC, The United States

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http://www.ToddJohnsonBooks.com

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Literature & Fiction

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July 2009

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Todd Johnson's bestselling first novel THE SWEET BY AND BY received the 2010 Connecticut Book Award. The novel was also named a PEOPLE "Great Reads For Your Book Club" Pick, a REAL SIMPLE "Entertainment Selection," and a 2010 Books-A-Million Book Club selection.

Johnson has been a teacher and session singer in New York City and received a Tony Award nomination as a producer of THE COLOR PURPLE on Broadway. He is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and Yale.

Born and raised in North Carolina, he now lives in Litchfield County, Connecticut with two wildly energetic Brittanys, Josephine and Owen. ...more

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Where is that pounding coming from?

We are putting a new roof on our old, old, old house. This is no longer a choice. Hammering is going to happen all too soon. There will be no reading except at night. There will be no writing except at night. There will be no thinking except at night. That leaves eating and worrying about the work I'm not doing. My novel and I are looking for asylum.

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The Sweet By and By

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Quotes by Todd Johnson (?)

“Life is choosing whom and what you love. Everything else follows.”
― Todd Johnson, The Sweet By and By

tags: life-lessons

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“I think the trick is knowing where you're supposed to be, and lettig go of everything else long enough to be there.”
― Todd Johnson, The Sweet By and By

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“Risin up, when you’re weak, makes a person stronger. By standin, thery’re saying that [she] matters, and they matter too. I feel better when I think about how showin respect to one person makes every person makes every person worth more.”
― Todd Johnson, The Sweet By and By

tags: community, strength

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April BoTM Side Read Nominations ~ 1st Poll

Top 5 books move on to the next round

The Nest

by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

13 votes, 20.0%

Wonder

by R.J. Palacio

10 votes, 15.4%

The Double Bind

by Chris Bohjalian

9 votes, 13.8%

News of the World

by Paulette Jiles

8 votes, 12.3%

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

by Fredrik Backman

8 votes, 12.3%

Baby Doll

by Hollie Overton

7 votes, 10.8%

Homegoing

by Yaa Gyasi

3 votes, 4.6%

The Sweet By and By

by Todd Johnson

3 votes, 4.6%

Hemingway at War: Ernest Hemingway's Adventures as a World War II Correspondent

by Terry Mort

2 votes, 3.1%

The Painted Veil

by W. Somerset Maugham

2 votes, 3.1%

65 total votes

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