P.J. Johnson - Born in Connecticut, PJ Johnson moved to Perth, Australia the age of eighteen. An editor for dotdotdash magazine, former President of the Fellowship of Australian Writers, Western Australia and with degrees in Social Science and Creative Writing, PJ has had stories and poetry published in dotdotdash, Re-Placement, Lines in the Sand, Windmills, and Creatrix as well as in online journals. Isla Rising is PJ’s first book. As a reader PJ was always drawn to adventure and historical fiction, captivated by far-away places and eager to join in through the pages of a book. From the Greek myths to Tolstoy to Stevenson, she was hooked. As a writer, the prospect of creating a new world drawn to one’s own specifications with the task of creating the characters to inhabit it, was altogether too tempting to ignore.