This interview originally ran in July of 2011. JJ’s latest novel, The Theory of Everything, was published in 2012 and has been racking up praise, including being named a 2012 Cybil Award finalist. To win a copy of her first novel, This Girl is Different, leave a comment on this post. Congratulations, Amy C.! You’ve won the copy of THIS GIRL IS DIFFERENT! Please email me your mailing address and I’ll send the book out to you.   It’s my pleasure to welcome author JJ Johnson to Creative Spaces today. JJ’s debut novel, This Girl is Different, was published this spring by Peachtree Publishers.… Read the rest

It’s my pleasure to welcome author JJ Johnson to Creative Spaces today. JJ’s debut novel, This Girl is Different, was published this spring by Peachtree Publishers. It was recently named as a 2011 Parents’ Choice Silver Honor winner. Here is a brief synopsis: Senior year is about to start, and Evie is starting at a mainstream high school for the first time. Until now, Evie has been homeschooled by her counter-culture mother, which gives her a view of the world unlike you average teenager. High school is a social minefield, and Evie finds herself confronting new problems at every turn, failing to follow or even understand the rules.… Read the rest