Maureen Johnson

Maureen Johnson (born February 16, 1973) is an American author of young adult fiction.^[1]

Maureen Johnson
Born	(1973-02-16) February 16, 1973 (age 51) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	United States
Period	2004–present
Genre	Young adult fiction, Mystery fiction
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Website
www.maureenjohnsonbooks.com

Johnson was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She holds a bachelor degree in English from University of Delaware. She also studied writing and theatrical dramaturgy at Columbia University, earning her MFA.^[2][3] She once worked at the

Maureen Johnson co-hosts the Says Who? podcast with Dan Sinker. The podcast began in September 2016 as a coping strategy for the 2016 United States election. The original intention was to have a limited 8 episode season with various guests but have continued until the present day.^[4] Fans of the podcast are known as "Sayswhovians."

• 13 Little Blue Envelopes (August 23, 2005)
• The Last Little Blue Envelope (April 26, 2011)

• Suite Scarlett (May 1, 2008)
• Scarlett Fever (February 1, 2010)

• The Name of the Star (September 29, 2011)
• The Madness Underneath (February 1, 2013)
• The Shadow Cabinet (February 10, 2015)
• The Boy in the Smoke (February 19, 2014)

• Truly Devious (January 16, 2018)
• The Vanishing Stair (January 22, 2019)
• The Hand on the Wall (January 21, 2020)
• The Box in the Woods (June 15, 2021)
• Nine Liars (December 27, 2022)

• The Bane Chronicles (Co-written with Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan) (November 11, 2014)
• Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy (Co-written with Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, and Robin Wasserman) (November 15, 2016)
• Ghosts of the Shadow Market (Co-written with Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Kelly Link, and Robin Wasserman) (June 4, 2019)

• The Key to the Golden Firebird (May 25, 2004)
• The Bermudez Triangle (October 7, 2004), later reissued in America as On the Count of Three (April 18, 2013)
• Devilish (September 7, 2006)
• Girl at Sea (May 29, 2007)
• Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances (Co-written with John Green and Lauren Myracle) (October 2, 2008)
• Vacations from Hell (Co-written with Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Claudia Gray, and Sarah Mlynowski) (May 26, 2009)
• How I Resist: Activism and Hope for a New Generation (Editor) (May 15, 2018)
• Cruella: Hello, Cruel Heart (April 6, 2021)^[5]
• Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village (Illustrated by Jay Coper) (September 14, 2021)
• Death at Morning House (August 6, 2024)