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Toni Ann Johnson is an American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist. Early life and education. Toni Ann Johnson grew up in Monroe, New York, and the Greenwich Village area of New York City. During high school she was a student at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York City.
Feb 1, 2023 · Toni Ann Johnson is the author of Light Skin Gone to Waste, a short story collection nominated for the NAACP Image Awards. She also won the Flannery O'Connor Award and the Humanitas Prize for her fiction and screenwriting.
Toni Ann Johnson is an award-winning author, screenwriter, and speaker based in Los Angeles. Her most well-known works include: Ruby Bridges and Step Up 2: The Streets.
Oct 27, 2022 · Toni Ann Johnson explains how she mined her difficult childhood for the taut, wrenching short story collection 'Light Skin Gone to Waste.'
Toni Ann Johnson’s Light Skin Gone to Waste is revelatory. With a melodic meticulousness, Johnson exposes racism and family dysfunction in exquisite detail. Brilliantly written, this multi-faceted, secretly explosive collection transforms the reader.
May 14, 2024 · Toni Ann Johnson won the Flannery O’Connor Award for her linked story collection Light Skin Gone to Waste (October 2022), selected for the prize and edited by Roxane Gay. The book has also been nominated for a 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work.
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Oct 17, 2023 · Storyteller Toni Ann Johnson uses her skills as an actor, playwright, and fiction writer to tell powerful stories of race, reconciliation, and the effects of lingering racism.
