Rheta Grimsley Johnson
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Brief Biography
Rheta Grimsley Johnson is originally from Colquitt, Georgia, but was raised in Montgomery, Alabama. She discovered her passion for journalism early on and actively pursued it. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Auburn University, she gained experience at various newspapers and press agencies, eventually becoming a reporter and columnist for The Memphis Commercial Appeal. Her columns gained national recognition through distribution by the Scripps-Howard News Service, and she has published collections of her columns such as America's Faces. Today, Johnson writes columns for King Features Syndicate and has also written memoirs and a biography.
Publications
Good Grief: The Story of Charles Schulz. New York; Pharos Books, 1989.
Poor Man's Provence: Finding Myself in Cajun Louisiana. Montgomery, Ala.; NewSouth Books, 2008.
Enchanted Evening Barbie and the Second Coming: A Memoir. Montgomery, Ala.; NewSouth Books, 2010.
Hank Hung the Moon ... and Warmed Our Cold, Cold Hearts. Montgomery, Ala.; NewSouth Books, 2012.
The Dogs Buried Over The Bridge: A Memoir in Dog Years. Winston-Salem, N.C.; John F. Blair, 2016.
Joint Publications:
They Didn't Put That on the Huntley-Brinkley! A Vagabond Reporter Encounters the New South. Athens; University of Georgia Press, 1993.
Poor Man's Provence: Finding Myself in Cajun Louisiana. Montgomery, Ala.; NewSouth Books, 2008.
Enchanted Evening Barbie and the Second Coming: A Memoir. Montgomery, Ala.; NewSouth Books, 2010.
Hank Hung the Moon ... and Warmed Our Cold, Cold Hearts. Montgomery, Ala.; NewSouth Books, 2012.
The Dogs Buried Over The Bridge: A Memoir in Dog Years. Winston-Salem, N.C.; John F. Blair, 2016.
Joint Publications:
They Didn't Put That on the Huntley-Brinkley! A Vagabond Reporter Encounters the New South. Athens; University of Georgia Press, 1993.
Themes
Rheta Grimsley Johnson is a journalist, columnist, and memoirist who has also written a biography of cartoonist Charles M. Schultz. She writes mainly about life in the rural South and likes to tell the stories of average southern people.
Publisher
Alabama Authors of the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org
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Citation
Johnson, Rheta Grimsley, “Rheta Grimsley Johnson,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed September 19, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/617.