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D.E. (Dan) Johnson is the author of the Detroit-based Will Anderson historical mystery series, which includes The Detroit Electric Scheme (2010), Motor City Shakedown (2011), Detroit Breakdown (2012), and Detroit Shuffle (2013).

Dan is a history buff who has been writing fiction since childhood, but had to hit his midlife crisis to realize he should get serious about it. He and his wife, Shelly, have always encouraged their children to make their dreams a reality - and it finally occurred to him to do the same. After taking classes, reading everything about writing he could find, and writing for hours every day, he hit on the right subject and genre, and wrote The Detroit Electric Scheme, a book that Loren Estleman called "A LES MISERABLES f ...more

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D.E. Johnson I'm working on a new series set in Chicago in 1874. After four books in four years with (mostly) the same characters, I needed to clear my mind of the…moreI'm working on a new series set in Chicago in 1874. After four books in four years with (mostly) the same characters, I needed to clear my mind of them. The new series has two protagonists: a fifteen-year-old newly-orphaned girl, and her newfound uncle, who just happens to be a resurrectionist (one of those guys who dug up bodies and sold them to medical schools). It's got a much more gothic feel than my previous books and has been a lot of fun to work on.

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D.E. Johnson For me, writer's block means I tried to force my story to go somewhere it didn't want to go. When I get stuck, I start moving backward to try to figur…moreFor me, writer's block means I tried to force my story to go somewhere it didn't want to go. When I get stuck, I start moving backward to try to figure out where I went wrong. Inevitably, I find the place I forced the story in the wrong direction. I start from that spot, and, like magic, it's off to the races again! (less)

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	The Detroit Electric Scheme 3.59 avg rating — 475 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Detroit Breakdown 3.96 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Motor City Shakedown (Detroit Mysteries, 2) 3.76 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Detroit Shuffle 3.84 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deprived Innocence 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Success and the Lazy Manager 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Live Steam - September 1991 (Deene Johnson's Automatic Electric Model Builder, Vol. 25 No. 9) by D.E. Johnson (Goodreads Author), Joe D. Rice (editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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