Jeanne Burrows-Johnson

Jeanne Burrows-Johnson is an author, narrator, consultant, and motivational speaker. Her carefully researched works of fiction and non-fiction draw on training and experience in education, the performing arts, marketing, and design. Jeanne’s love of storytelling lies in her theatrical training and the colorful tales of myriad characters in her life. Her authored and co-authored articles have appeared in literary, professional, and general readership publications.

Jeanne is the author of the award-winning Natalie Seachrist Hawaiian Mysteries, which offers aspects of Island multiculturalism and snippets of pan-Pacific history in a classic literary form that is educational as well as entertaining. She was art director, indexer, and a co-author of Under Sonoran Skies, Prose and Poetry from the High Desert (a 2012 Southwest Books of the Year top pick).After residing in Hawai`i for two decades, she now lives in Tucson, Arizona. As a consulting wordsmith, she draws on her interdisciplinary background to assist authors, artists, and other creative professionals achieve their desired potential at blog.JeanneBurrows-Johnson.com and Imaginingswordpower.com. Project descriptions are available at her author website, JeanneBurrows-Johnson.com.

Academically, she became a member of Phi Beta Kappa while completing a Bachelor of Arts degree with Distinction in History at the University of Hawai`i. During graduate studies and a teaching assistantship in the World Civilizations program of the University of Hawai`i, she was accepted for membership in Phi Alpha Theta. She is also a member of the National Writers Union, Arizona Authors Association, Sisters in Crime, Arizona Mystery Writers, and is a Lifetime Member of the British Association of Teachers of Dancing, Highland Division.