Look and Listen

Biography

Michael Johnson makes up stories. Sometimes he puts them on paper, and sometimes he and his friend, who is a magical pirate pig, somehow convince people to act the stories out. When he is not doing these questionable things, he teaches children how to lie convincingly while wearing funny clothes in front of groups of people who clap for them. He lives in Arlington, Texas with his wonderful, very patient wife, and his daughter who recently placed first in an evil laugh competition and who has slain more dragons than anyone else in her Kindergarten class.

Inspiration

Fairy Tales and Shakespeare. Roald Dahl, Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, and Neil Gaiman. Charles Dickens, Salman Rushdie, and Mark Twain.