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Kristin Johnson was born and raised in Bloomington, Minnesota. She graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter with a business degree. Kristin has won two Minnesota State Arts Board artist initiative grants. She was a media specialist and elementary school librarian for Minneapolis Public Schools for two years and taught writing at Metropolitan State University for 12 years.

Kristin was also a host for KFAI’s Write On! Radio program. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with her family and their rescue dog, a mixed breed who is mostly half Black Labrador and half Australian Shepherd.

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	Orphan Trains 3.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012 — 4 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
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“Mom was in the US Army, stationed in Afghanistan fighting in Operation Enduring Freedom. But Mom was MIA.”
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