Elana Johnson is an American author and also writes under the names of Liz Isaacson and Jessie Newton. Her works of young adult fiction and romance have appeared on USA Today's bestseller list three times.[1] Johnson is a Utah-based writer with over 100 works to her credit.[2]
Background
She studied math and science in school and college, and is the technology specialist at a school in Pleasant Grove, Utah. Her husband is a teacher; they have two children. She started writing in late 2007, and published Possession in 2011.[3]
Her From the Query to the Call is a guide for aspiring writers, and she co-founded the QueryTracker blog and also blogs at The League of Extraordinary Writers.[4]
Writing career
As Elana Johnson
Under the name Elana Johnson, she has written for young adults and adults. The speculative fictionPossession series for young adults includes three dystopian novels, a novella, and a short story prequel; she said in 2011 that she hoped to make readers think for themselves and deliberately had her protagonist question what she was told from the start.[3]
In 2014 she published Elevated, her first contemporary teen romance;[5] Both Elevated and Something About Love, also published in 2014, are verse novels.[6][7]
Later works include a duology entitled Rift Walkers, three novels in the Elemental romance series, two novels in the Redwood Bay adult contemporary romance series, published in 2016 and 2017,[8] and Echoes of Silence, which is adult fantasy.
As Liz Isaacson
Under the name Liz Isaacson, she writes inspirational romance novels, including several series, of which her first was the Three Rivers Ranch Romance series, and the novella Starting Over at Steeple Ridge.[9] She also wrote A Dash of Love, based on the 2017 television film.[10]