To Catch a Cheat, by Varian Johnson
Faculty, MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults
Varian Johnson
Faculty, MFA in WCYA
Profile
Varian Johnson is the author of several novels for children and young adults, including The Parker Inheritance, which won both Coretta Scott King Author Honor and Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor awards; The Great Greene Heist, an ALA Notable Book for Children and Kirkus Reviews Best Book; and the graphic novel Twins, illustrated by Shannon Wright, which won a BCALA Children & Youth Literary Award for best graphic novel and was named an Eisner Award nominee.
Originally from South Carolina, he received an MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts and is honored to now be a member of the faculty. Varian currently lives outside of Austin, Texas, with his family.
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Education
MFA - WCYA | VCFA
BS - Civil Engineering | University of Oklahoma
BS - Civil Engineering | University of Oklahoma
Selected work
The Great Greene Heist, by Varian Johnson
Faculty, MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults
Saving Maddie, by Varian Johnson
Faculty, MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults
My Life as a Rhombus, by Varian Johnson
Faculty, MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults