Happy 80th, Lois Walfrid Johnson! (Christian mystery writer: "Viking Quest" series, 2003-2006)

[leno...@yahoo.com]

I have two addresses for her - Frederic, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

Her books also include the Northwoods series and the Riverboat series.


http://lwjbooks.com/
(her site)

http://lwjbooks.com/books/
(synopses - five pages worth)


https://www.moodypublishers.com/authors/j/lois-walfrid-johnson/
(with photo)

Excerpt:

...A trusted friend of families, Lois had written hundreds of articles and books for four different age levels when a young man told her, “My wife and I are new Christians. We really want to have a Christian home, but both of us grew up in such dysfunctional families that we haven’t the faintest clue what to do.”

Lois couldn’t forget his words. She decided to combine mystery and adventure with historic and fictional characters that realistically show Christian families living out biblical principles. Her three fiction series include the bestselling Adventures of the Northwoods novels, the Freedom Seekers series, which follows a family living on an 1857 steamboat traveling up and down the Mississippi River, and the Viking Quest series, which is especially enjoyed by teen boys...

http://www.newreleasetoday.com/authordetail.php?aut_id=685
(another profile)

http://lwjbooks.com/trusted-friend-of-families/teacher-speaker/teaching-experience/
(about her teaching experience - long list of credentials)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Walfrid_Johnson
(includes awards and subdivided booklist)

Her awards include:

C. S. Lewis Medal for Notable Books for The Swindler's Treasure, 1997, and Midnight Rescue, 1997.

C. S. Lewis Honor Book, Silver Medal for Escape into the Night, 1996.

C. S. Lewis Medal for Best Series Published in 1988, given to same four books in Let's-Talk-About-It Stories for Kids Series, 1989.

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/83091.Lois_Walfrid_Johnson
(reader reviews and covers)

http://thestorysanctuary.com/review-girl-talk-lois-walfrid-johnson/
(review of "Girl Talk" from 2010)

https://www.google.com/#q=lois+walfrid+johnson&tbm=vid
(videos - she does not appear in them, I think)


Lenona.

[leno...@yahoo.com]

Some say her birthday was in November.