Meet Johnnie Bernhard
Johnnie is originally from Houston, Texas, where she graduated from University of Houston in 1984. She is a traditionally published author courtesy of Texas Review Press, Texas A&M and the Texas Book Consortium.
You’ve been given an elephant. You can’t give it away or sell it. What would you do with the elephant?
If I were given an elephant, I would create a bright pink riding blanket with gold tassels for Emma, the elephant. She would be my transportation to and from work, the grocery store, and other places of business. I would advocate for a unique parking spot for her that contained grass and the shade of an enormous oak tree. I would visit her during the workday with candied peanuts and sparkling mineral water as treats. Emma and I would be welcomed and celebrated where ever we went as an example of pollution-free transportation and the perfect friendship between an author and an elephant.
A former English teacher and journalist, Johnnie Bernhard is passionate about reading and writing. Her work(s) have appeared in the following publications: University of Michigan Graduate Studies Publications, Heart of Ann Arbor Magazine, Houston Style Magazine, World Oil Magazine, The Suburban Reporter of Houston, The Mississippi Press, University of South Florida Area Health Education Magazine, the international Word Among Us, Southern Writers Magazine, The Texas Review, Southern Literary Review, and the Cowbird-NPR production on small town America. Her entry, “The Last Mayberry,” received over 7,500 views, nationally and internationally.
A Good Girl was short listed in the 2015 William Faulkner-William Wisdom International Creative Writing Competition, as well as featured novel for panel discussion at the 2017 Mississippi and Louisiana Book Festivals. It was represented by Texas Review Press at the 2017 Texas Book Festival. A Good Girl is a finalist in the 2017 national Kindle Book Award for literary fiction, a nominee for the 2018 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, a 2018 nominee for the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Fiction Award, and shortlisted for the 2017 Lone Star Literary Review, Bloggers’ Choice Award in best Literary Fiction.
Johnnie’s second novel, How We Came to Be is set for publication in spring 2018. It is a finalist in the 2017 International Faulkner-Wisdom Competition. Southern Writers Magazine named the novel a “Must Read” for 2018.
Johnnie supports young writers as a judge for the annual Center for the Book of Texas, Letters about Literature Competition.
A Good Girl was short listed in the 2015 William Faulkner-William Wisdom International Creative Writing Competition, as well as featured novel for panel discussion at the 2017 Mississippi and Louisiana Book Festivals. It was represented by Texas Review Press at the 2017 Texas Book Festival. A Good Girl is a finalist in the 2017 national Kindle Book Award for literary fiction, a nominee for the 2018 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, a 2018 nominee for the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Fiction Award, and shortlisted for the 2017 Lone Star Literary Review, Bloggers’ Choice Award in best Literary Fiction.
Johnnie’s second novel, How We Came to Be is set for publication in spring 2018. It is a finalist in the 2017 International Faulkner-Wisdom Competition. Southern Writers Magazine named the novel a “Must Read” for 2018.
Johnnie supports young writers as a judge for the annual Center for the Book of Texas, Letters about Literature Competition.
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