Johnnie W. Lewis

Johnnie W. Lewis was born on an Army base in Kentucky, to a Navy Chief Petty Officer and his telephone operator wife. That incongruous beginning was only a portent of the chaotic things to come to the little girl who was named for her father (instead of him giving his name to one of her four younger brothers!). Seventeen different school registrations before high school graduation gave her a rather "well-rounded" background from which to draw her continual string of stories. Johnnie and her husband (always called "Better Half" in her writings) have been married more than 52 years and have lived literally dozens of places, most recently in an RV as they traveled the country to visit all 48 lower states (Alaska and Hawaii are next!). They were full-time RVers!! It was a thrilling life, but sometimes it would be nice to be in suburban Atlanta in Marietta, Georgia, near their daughter (always referred to as "Baby Girl"), son-in-law and PERFECT grandchildren (one of each), and their son (Little Fella) and his wife. "Critters" of every species have always served as a well-spring of inspiration for the fun, love, and laughter in Johnnie's writings, whether those writings take an educational or tongue-in-cheek or whimsical direction.