Look and Listen

Biography

Milt Johns is an attorney, local politician and writer. Milt has been elected three times to the Prince William County School Board and began his second term as Chairman At-Large on January 1, 2012. The Prince William County School System is the 2nd largest in Virginia and 40th in the U.S. He has served on the Board since January 2004. He and his wife Shellie have lived in Prince William County since 1991. They have two children, Caitlin, age 22, and Wyatt, age 13. Milt is an attorney in private practice and has spent over 20 years in the national defense industry. He is also a former adjunct professor of business law at Strayer University in Woodbridge, Virginia and of legal research and writing at George Mason University School of Law. A graduate of George Washington University with a B.A. in Political Science, he earned a Master’s degree from that school in Security Policy Studies. His Juris Doctorate was awarded by the George Mason University School of Law with high honors. He is also a member of the Radford University Board of Visitors, appointed to a four-year term by Governor Bob McDonnell in July 2010. Mr. Johns was awarded the Aeronautical Merit Cross, second class, by the government of Spain in 1995. He is published in fiction and nonfiction.

Inspiration

My first inspiration was my maternal grandfather, Miller Antonello, a natural storyteller, who always managed to, at my request, put me in the story too. My next inspiration was my uncle Arthur Johns, a profound and profane poet and patriot. Most of all, my parents inspired me to believe in myself and to achieve the things that conventional wisdom said were reserved for others. My literary inspirations range from Don Pendleton to Tom Clancy, W.E.B. Griffin to John Grisham, Robert Jordan to George R.R. Martin to Joe ABercrombie, and Robert Scott to Steven King. Throw in Bulgakov, Camus and Hemingway and I'm rounded out.