![]() ![]() In 2014 she published Elevated, her first contemporary teen romance Both Elevated and Something About Love, also published in 2014, are verse novels. The speculative fiction Possession series for young adults includes three dystopian novels, a novella, and a short story prequel she said in 2011 that she hoped to make readers think for themselves and deliberately had her protagonist question what she was told from the start. Under the name Elana Johnson, she has written for young adults and adults. Her From the Query to the Call is a guide for aspiring writers, and she co-founded the QueryTracker blog and also blogs at The League of Extraordinary Writers. She started writing in late 2007, and published Possession in 2011. Her husband is a teacher they have two children. She studied math and science in school and college, and is the technology specialist at a school in Pleasant Grove, Utah. ![]() Johnson is a Utah-based writer with over 100 works to her credit. ![]() Her works of young adult fiction and romance have appeared on USA Today's bestseller list three times. ![]() Romance, young adult fiction, inspirational, speculative fiction, dystopianĮlana Johnson is an American author and also writes under the names of Liz Isaacson and Jessie Newtown. ![]()
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