The greatest compliment a writer can be given is that a story and character hold a reader spellbound. I'm caught up in the story writing and I miss a good deal of sleep thinking about it and working out the plot points.

She first achieved success in the early 1980s writing category romances. [1]
Johansen was born in St Louis Missouri and lives in Georgia and is married. Her daughter Tamara serves as her research assistant.

Iris Johansen (born April 7 1938) is an American author of crime fiction and romance novels.