K.V.
Johansen was born in Kingston,
Ontario, Canada, and grew up in "the
old Sproule house" (built 1867) in the nearby village of Westbrook,
now engulfed by urban sprawl. She studied English and History at Mount
Allison University, where she hosted a radio show, "Eclectic Chaos,"
on the campus station, CHMA. She
did a Master's Degree in Medieval Studies at the Centre
for Medieval Studies at the University
of Toronto. At McMaster University
in Hamilton she did a second M.A., this time in English, writing a thesis
on Layamon's Brut. She now lives in Sackville, N.B. with the
real Pippin, a couple of tanks of goldfish and weather loaches, and
a website designer.
In 2000 Johansen received an Early Childhood
Literacy Award from the Lieutenant-Governor
of New Brunswick.
Author photo ©1999 Chris Paul
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