Our Team

NANCY JOHNSON is the author of the debut novel, The Kindest Lie, forthcoming from William Morrow/HarperCollins in February 2021. The book centers on race, class, and family at the time of Obama's election as president. Nancy manages brand communications at a large nonprofit and is a former Emmy-nominated, award-winning television journalist. Her work has been supported by Hurston/Wright Foundation, Tin House, Eckerd College Writers in Paradise, and Kimbilio Fiction. An excerpt of her novel received first runner-up recognition by the 2018 James Jones First Novel Fellowship. A native of Chicago's South Side, Nancy lives in the city's South Loop. Visit her at www.nancyjohnson.net

Photograph by Nina Subin.