J. Ivanel Johnson
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J. Ivanel Johnson is the pen name for an award-winning author/poet/playwright with (dis)Ability who now resides in the remote Appalachians of New Brunswick, CAN. Originally from Ontario, she is a graduate of Queen's University's Eng./Drama B.A. program and their specialty Artist in Community Education program. Since graduating she has lived, taught, directed and written in Diverse areas of four different countries.
While many of her shorter works can be found published in numerous literary journals and anthologies, her two traditionally-published mystery novels have been winning accolades through 2023-24. With co-written theatre works previously staged in the USA and UK, her most recent full-length historical musical 'Rough Notes' was professionally workshopped in 2022 thanks to winning a large grant from Canada Council for the Arts. Three different one-acts (a comedy-suspense, a farce, and an environmental play) were chosen to have rehearsed readings performed and filmed in London, England in 2024 and 2025 (directed by AD Saskia van 't Hoff and Ben Anadolu). Two of these films went on to be included in the digital component of 2025’s Alabama International Fringe Festival and are now available through Playwrights Guild of Canada's PLEDGE project and the Canadian Play Outlet. Her former theatre students are currently appearing in feature films, television and on Broadway/West End/Stratford, with two of them using Johnson's original monologues as audition pieces. More here:
