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Marilyn Johnson

Biography

Marilyn Johnson

Marilyn Johnson is the author of THIS BOOK IS OVERDUE! and THE DEAD BEAT, which was a Borders Original Voices selection and a finalist for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award. She lives in New York's Hudson Valley with her husband, Rob Fleder.

Marilyn Johnson

Books by Marilyn Johnson

Lives in Ruins: Archaeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble
by Marilyn Johnson - Natural History, Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Pompeii, Machu Picchu, the Valley of the Kings, the Parthenon --- the names of these legendary archaeological sites conjure up romance and mystery. The news is full of archaeology: treasures found and treasures lost. Where are the archaeologists behind these stories? What kind of work do they actually do, and why does it matter? Marilyn Johnson’s LIVES IN RUINS is an absorbing and entertaining look at the lives of contemporary archaeologists as they sweat under the sun for clues to the puzzle of our past.

This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All
by Marilyn Johnson
The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures Of Obituaries
by Marilyn Johnson - Cultural Studies, Nonfiction