Finding aid for the Mike Johnson papers

Biography of Mike Johnson

Originally from Shelby, Ohio, Mike Johnson attended college at Ohio University in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. He later went to Marshall School of Law at at Cleveland State and the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.

Johnson went on to spend 35 years in the corporate world working with companies such as General Electric, Industry Week Magazine, and TRW Inc. Johnson retired from the Timken Company in 2003 as vice president-corporate communications. It was then that he began writing fiction. Published in 2005, Warrior Priest is a work of historical fiction set during World War II and taking place throughout Europe.

Scope and Content

The Mike Johnson papers contain manuscripts, outlines, and character notes for the making of his first novel Warrior Priest; and a hand-out for a 2007 workshop on writing.

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Researchers are requested to cite collection name, collection number, and Ohio University, Athens, Ohio in all footnotes and bibliographical references.