Elana Johnson


Elana Johnson is an American author and also writes under the names of Liz Isaacson and Jessie Newton. Her works of young adult fiction and romance have appeared on USA Today's bestseller list three times. Johnson is a Utah-based writer with over 100 works to her credit.

Background

She studied math and science in school and college, and is the technology specialist at a school in Pleasant Grove, Utah. Her husband is a teacher; they have two children. She started writing in late 2007, and published Possession in 2011.
Her From the Query to the Call is a guide for aspiring writers, and she co-founded the QueryTracker blog and also blogs at The League of Extraordinary Writers.

Writing career

As Elana Johnson

Under the name Elana Johnson, she has written for young adults and adults. The speculative fiction Possession series for young adults includes three dystopian novels, a novella, and a short story prequel; she said in 2011 that she hoped to make readers think for themselves and deliberately had her protagonist question what she was told from the start.
In 2014 she published Elevated, her first contemporary teen romance; Both Elevated and Something About Love, also published in 2014, are verse novels.
Later works include a duology entitled Rift Walkers, three novels in the Elemental romance series, two novels in the Redwood Bay adult contemporary romance series, published in 2016 and 2017, and Echoes of Silence, which is adult fantasy.

As Liz Isaacson

Under the name Liz Isaacson, she writes inspirational romance novels, including several series, of which her first was the Three Rivers Ranch Romance series, and the novella Starting Over at Steeple Ridge. She also wrote A Dash of Love, based on the 2017 television film.

Publications as Elana Johnson

Trilogy

Possession trilogy
  1. Possession
  2. Surrender
  3. Abandon
  4. Regret
  5. ''Resist''

Verse novels

Elevated
  • ''Something About Love''

Elemental series

Elemental RushElemental Hunger
  • ''Elemental Release''

Rift Walkers

Rift
  • ''Mend''

Redwood Bay

Until Summer Ends
  • ''Until Winter Breaks''

Adult fantasy

  • ''Echoes of Silence''

Other works

From the Query to the CallOpen for Love Under Your Spell
  • ''All Hallows' Eve''

Publications as Liz Isaacson

Three Rivers Ranch series

Second Chance Ranch Third Time's the Charm Fourth and Long Fifth Generation Cowboy Sixth Street Love Affair The Seventh Sergeant Eight Second Ride The First Lady of Three Rivers Ranch Christmas in Three Rivers Lucky Number Thirteen The Curse of February Fourteenth Fifteen Minutes of Fame Sixteen Steps to Fall in Love
  • ''The Sleigh on Seventeenth Street''

Gold Valley series

Before the Leap After the Fall Through the Mist Between the Reins Over the Moon Under the Bridge Up on the Housetop
  • ''Around the Bend''

Other romance series

  • Brush Creek Brides
  • Buttars Brothers
  • Grape Seed Falls
  • Christmas in Coral Canyon
  • Quinn Valley Ranch
  • Last Chance Ranch Romance
  • Horseshoe Home Ranch
  • Steeple Ridge Romance
  • Seven Sons Ranch in Three Rivers
  • Shiloh Ridge Ranch in Three Rivers Romance
  • Christmas at Whiskey Mountain Lodge

Other romance books

Curl Up With A Cowboy Ticket to Bride Fractured Slipper A Dash of Love Take a Cowboy Home for Christmas Her Cowboy Billionaire
  • ''Cowboy Valentines''