A native of Chicago’s South Side, Nancy Johnson worked for more than a decade as an Emmy-nominated, award-winning television journalist at CBS and ABC affiliates in markets nationwide. Nancy’s second novel, People of Means, a story of race, class, and legacy in 1960s Nashville and 1992 Chicago, was published by William Morrow/HarperCollins. PEOPLE Magazine named it one of its most anticipated books for 2025, calling it “beautifully crafted” and “propulsive.” It’s also featured in Woman’s World and Real Simple magazines.
Nancy’s debut novel, The Kindest Lie, was a Target Book Club Pick. It has been reviewed by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times, and was highlighted on Entertainment Weekly’s Must List. Her first novel was a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection and was named one of the most anticipated books of 2021 by Newsweek, O, the Oprah Magazine, Shondaland, NBC News, Marie Claire, ELLE, The Chicago Tribune, Good Housekeeping, Parade, Refinery29, and more.
Nancy lives in downtown Chicago where she’s a director of communications and brand journalism for a large health care nonprofit.
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