A former AP English teacher and journalist, Johnnie
Bernhard’s passion is reading and writing. Bernhard currently supports writers
world-wide as a literary agent for Loiacono Literary Agency, www.llallc.net.
Her
work(s) have appeared in the following publications: University of Michigan Graduate Studies Publications, Heart of Ann Arbor Magazine, Houston Style Magazine, World Oil Magazine, The Suburban
Reporter of Houston, The Mississippi Press,
The Ocean Springs Record, University of South Florida Area Health Education Magazine, Parent Guide of Sarasota, Fl. ISD, the
international Word Among Us, Gulf
Coast Writers Association Anthologies, and the Cowbird-NPR production on small
town America. Her entry, “The Last Mayberry,” received over 7,500 views,
nationally and internationally. She is also the co-editor of several anthologies
for the Houston Writers Guild.
Johnnie
received “Equal runner-Up” in the 2016 Faulkner-Wisdom Creative Writing Competition,
Essay Category. Her essay, “Ignorance or Innocence” was judged by
bestselling, non-fiction writer and poet Rodger Kamenetz. The
international literary competition is part of the annual Words & Music
Literary Feast held in New Orleans, www.wordsandmusic.org
Her
novel, A Good Girl received top ten finalist recognition in the 2015
William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. It is set for publication in spring 2017 by Texas Review Press, a member of the Texas Book Consortium: Texas
State Historical Association Press, Texas Christian University Press,
University of North Texas Press, State House/McWhiney Press, Stephen F. Austin
State University Press, and Southern Methodist University Press. For
more about A Good Girl, please visit the author’s web site at www.johnniebernhardauthor.com
Johnnie and
her husband reside in a 19th Century cottage surrounded by ancient
oak trees and a salt water marsh near the Mississippi Sound. They share that
delightful space with their dog, Lily, and cat, Poncho.
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