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GEORGE M. JOHNSON

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George M Johnson is an Award-Winning Black Non-Binary Writer, Author, and Activist located in the NYC area. George has written for major outlets including Teen Vogue, Entertainment Tonight, NBC, The Root, Buzzfeed, Essence, Ebony, THEM, and The Grio. They have also served as Guest Editor for BET.com’s Pride month. They were awarded the 2019 Salute to Excellence Award by the National Association of Black Journalists for their article “When Racism Anchors your Health in Vice Magazine, and recently named to The Root 100 Most Influential African Americans in 2020. They are the author of the Bestselling Young Adult memoir All Boys Aren’t Blue discussing their adolescence growing up as a young Black Queer boy in New Jersey through a series of powerful essays. The book will also be translated into French, Spanish, and Portuguese, with a UK distribution set for 2021.

​George’s next memoir, WE ARE NOT BROKEN is the vibrant story of George, Garrett, Rall, and Rasul — four children raised by Nanny, their fiercely devoted grandmother. The boys hold one another close through early brushes with racism, memorable experiences at the family barbershop, and first loves and losses. And with Nanny at their center, they are never broken. It is scheduled for release on September 7th. Their book was optioned for Television by Gabrielle Union’s “I’ll Have Another Productions” and Sony TV in June of 2020. George serves as the executive producer and co-writer for the upcoming series based on his real-life college experience at the HBCU Virginia Union University. ​

George is also a proud HBCU alum twice over, and a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated.

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George M. Johnson is an Award-Winning Black Non-Binary Writer, Author, and Activist located in the NYC area. George has written for major outlets including Teen Vogue, Entertainment Tonight, NBC, The Root, Buzzfeed, Essence, Ebony, THEM, and The Grio. They have also served as Guest Editor for BET.com’s Pride month.

In 2019, they were awarded the Salute to Excellence Award by the National Association of Black Journalists for their article “When Racism Anchors your Health in Vice Magazine.” And, in 2020, they were recently named to The Root 100 Most Influential African Americans. Their debut Young Adult memoir, ALL BOYS AREN’T BLUE, was published in 2020. Their next YA memoir, WE ARE NOT BROKEN, is scheduled for release on September 7, 2021.

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George is also a proud HBCU alum twice over, and a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated. You can find them online at iamgmjohnson.com.