Varian Johnson is the author of My Life as a Rhombus (Flux/Llewellyn, 2008) and the the Essence Magazine Bestseller, A Red Polka Dot In A World Full of Plaid (Genesis Press, 2005). He was born and raised in Florence, South Carolina, and attended the University of Oklahoma, where he received a BS in Civil Engineering. Varian now lives in Austin, TX with his wife, Crystal, and is currently hard at work on another novel.

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