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William Johnston (novelist)

April 12, 2024

William Joseph Johnston (January 11, 1924 – October 15, 2010) was an American novelist, primarily known for authoring tie-in novels, although he also wrote non-fiction books and novels unrelated to specific motion pictures or television series.[1][2][3][4]

William Johnston
Born
William Joseph Johnston

(1924-01-11)January 11, 1924
Lincoln, Illinois, U.S.
DiedOctober 15, 2010(2010-10-15) (aged 86)
San Jose, California, U.S.
Other namesSusan Claudia, Alex Steele, Matt Lincoln, Ed Garth, William Howard
OccupationNovelist
Years active1960–1979
Spouse
Anne Korba
​
(m. 1953)​

Biography edit

Johnston was born on January 11, 1924, in Lincoln, Illinois. He was the son of John and Lucille (Shoup) Johnston, and he attended high school in Springfield, Illinois.[1][5]

During the World War II, William Johnston served in the Pacific Theater[3] as a radio operator and gunner in the U.S. Navy Air Corps (1942–1945).[1][3]

On October 24, 1953, Johnston married Anne Korba, an executive secretary.[1] The couple had five children: Phillip[6] Susan, Peter, Thomas, and Kelly. Johnston and his family resided in Massapequa, New York.[1]

Writing career edit

After World War II, Johnston worked as a disc jockey at radio station WTAX in Springfield, Illinois.[3]

From 1947-1950, Johnston worked as a news reporter for WJOL.[1] He worked as a press agent for Tex McCrary's public relations agency from 1950-1960.[1] During his time working for Tex McCrary, he handled the Lionel trains account.[3] For two years, Johnston served as the associate editor for The Lion—the magazine for the Lions Clubs International.[3] Beginning in 1960, Johnston worked as a free-lance author.[1][3]

During the span of 1960-1979, Johnston wrote magazine articles[1] and over 100 books, including original novels, movie and TV tie-in novels, and non-fiction.[1][3] Some of Johnston's tie-in novels involve cartoon characters, and characters from comic strips[7] and comic books.[1][8] on Johnston wrote novels based on popular television series such as The Munsters,[9] Bewitched,[10][9] The Flying Nun, Get Smart, The Brady Bunch, Nanny and the Professor, Room 222, Happy Days, and Welcome Back Kotter.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][1][2][3][4][6][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] Many of Johnston's television tie-in novels were related to sitcoms, but he worked in other genres—except for science fiction.[3]

In contrast to more recent tie-in novelists—who have access to email, fax machines, video recorders, computers, photocopying, and other electronic communications—Johnston and other writers of his era wrote their novels on typewriters and had little access to in-depth information on the shows that were the subject of these novels. Communication was by telephone and regular mail, and these novelists watched the programs on television—just like the viewer at home. These tie-in novelists may have had access to some scripts and possibly some film of the television shows from which to work, but they had little else. Although most television series production took place in California, most of the major publishers were located in New York,[29] as they remain today.[30] This distance made it difficult for novelists and editors to get information from the television production companies on characters, plots, locations, and other aspects of the television programs themselves.[29] In addition, tie-in novelists had to work quickly on their books, and had the challenge of developing characters, plots, and dialogue that related closely enough to the original programs, so as to match the expectations of the readers/television viewers.[29] Generally, Johnston worked quickly and could capture critical elements of the TV shows that he wrote about in his novels.[29][3]

Johnston's novels not related to film or television tended to be written for adults and frequently had ribald themes.[3][31]

Johnston was represented by the Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc.[1] Johnston did not work exclusively for any one publisher, although he published frequently with Lancer, Tempo, Ace, and Whitman.[3][8][22] Tempo marketed its books, including those books that Johnston authored, to children and adolescents.[3] Whitman published books for younger children.[32][33][34]

Unlike other authors who desired fame, Johnston preferred obscurity. In his article announcing Johnston as the recipient of the Faust Award, David Spencer described Johnston as, "legendary and until now somewhat elusive..."[3] In its entry for Johnston, Contemporary Authors Online includes this quote from him: "I am interested only in writing entertaining stories and remaining as anonymous as possible."[1]

Johnston occasionally used pseudonyms[15] such as the name Susan Claudia for Gothic romance stories.[3] They Came From the Sea (1969) based on the Television series The New People was published under the name Alex Steele[3] Johnston wrote two novels based on the Matt Lincoln television medical drama, The Revolutionist (1970) and The Hostage (1971) using the author name Ed Garth.[3] Johnston also employed a pseudonym, William Howard, for his last book, a novelization of the Bob Guccione-produced film Caligula.[3][35][36][37] Given the controversies related to the movie and given Johnston's association with tie-in novels and younger audiences, Spencer feels that the Johnston chose to use a pseudonym to avoid attracting younger readers to the book.[3]

Critical appraisal edit

Johnston's novels have attracted little critical attention, although they are well documented in bibliographies by Larson, Peer, and in Contemporary Authors.[1][4][18]

Tie-in novels, while popular with readers and profitable for publishers,[38] generally do not attract serious criticism and scholarship. Indeed, they are often dismissed as literature.[39]

During his career, Johnston's novels were infrequently reviewed. For example, Johnston wrote the novelization of a 1978 made-for-TV movie about Martin Luther King Jr., and it received a brief review in Library Journal. The review was generally negative.[40]

Johnston's novels have attracted attention from blog writers who deal with popular culture. For example Morgan wrote about Johnston's Nanny and the Professor, but he felt that Johnston's books had little to do with the spirit and content of the original television series,[25] whereas Caputo felt that Johnston's Fantastic Four novel was consistent with the style in the Marvel comic books.[8]

Johnston's peers have praised Johnston's work as a tie-in novelist,[2][3][29] but they seem equally impressed by the sheer number of tie-in novels he produced.[2][3][29]

Retirement and death edit

Johnston retired from writing and, while living in Long Island, went to a school for bartending.[3] Unsuccessful in finding a job in this field due to his age,[3][6] Johnston opened his own bar, The Blind Pig,[2][6] in Massapequa,[3] and he ran it successfully.[3][6]

After running The Blind Pig, Johnston retired a second time, and moved to San Jose, California.[2][3] It was during his residence in San Jose that he received the Grand Master Scribe Award -- Faust Award—from the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers.[2][3][37][41]

Johnston died in San Jose on October 15, 2010.[5][10]

Awards edit

Best First Novel—Edgar Award (1960) -- Mystery Writers of America (awarded for The Marriage Cage (Lyle Stuart, reissued in paperback by Dell)).[2][3][29]

Grand Master Scribe Award -- Faust Award (2010) -- International Association of Media Tie-in Writers.[2][10][3][28][37][41]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "William Johnston". Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale. 2002. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Goldberg, Lee (January 4, 2010). "William Johnston Named Tie-In Grandmaster for 2010". Lee Goldberg - Author and TV Producer. Lee Goldberg. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Spencer, David (January–February 2010). "IAMTW's Grand Master Scribe Award, The Faust, Goes to the Genre's Most Prolific Practitioner" (PDF). Tied-In: The Newsletter of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers. 4 (1). Calabasas, CA: International Association of Media Tie-in Writers. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c Peer, Kurt (1999). TV Tie-ins: A Bibliography of American TV Tie-in Paperbacks. New York: TV Books. ISBN 9781575000732.
  5. ^ a b "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5RT-HPR : accessed August 26, 2015), William Joseph Johnston, 15 Oct 2010; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  6. ^ a b c d e Russell, Leigh (June 10, 2013). "Interview: Hilary Bell, Phillip Johnston, Moss and Ivy". Hello Bookcase. Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia: Hello Bookcase. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
  7. ^ Doherty, Jim. "The Prose Adventures of Dick Tracy". Dick Tracy Depot. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  8. ^ a b c Caputo, Nick (November 30, 2013). "FF Big Little Book Mysteries". Marvel Mysteries and Comics Minutiae. Nick Caputo. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  9. ^ a b Anonymous (May 13, 2019). "William Johnston". SFE: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. SFE, Ltd. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  10. ^ a b c Lewis, Steve (January 31, 2011). . Mystery*File. Steve Lewis. Archived from the original on August 14, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  11. ^ Anonymous (July 5, 1999). "Freebie Frenzy". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, IL: Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  12. ^ Anonymous (August 25, 2010). "Second in the Series". The Newberry. Chicago, IL: The Newberry Library. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  13. ^ Hunt, Bob (March 31, 2008). "Brady Book Review". The Greg Brady Project. Barry Williams. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  14. ^ Stanford University Libraries, Special Collections (n.d.). "Television Tie-In Books Collection, 1946-1991" (PDF). Stanford University Libraries, Special Collections. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  15. ^ a b Anonymous (n.d.). "William Johnston". Book Series in Order. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  16. ^ MeTV Staff (August 17, 2016). "15 Vintage TV Tie-In Novels We Want to Read Based on Title Alone". MeTV. MeTV. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  17. ^ MeTV Staff (April 14, 2016). "A Brief Guide to the 8 Weird 'Happy Days' Novels". MeTV. MeTV. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  18. ^ a b Larson, Randall D. (1995). Films Into Books: An Analytical Bibliography of Film Novelizations, Movie, and TV Tie-ins. Metuchen, N.J: Scarecrow Pres. ISBN 9780810829282.
  19. ^ Moran, Elizabeth (1995). Bradymania! : Everything You Always Wanted to Know--and a Few Things You Probably Didn't. Holbrook, Mass.: Adams Publishing. ISBN 9781558504189.
  20. ^ O'Dell, Cary (2013). "TV Book Tie-ins". TVparty!. TVparty!. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  21. ^ O'Dell, Cary (2015). "TV Book Tie-Ins: Part Two". TVparty!. TVparty!. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  22. ^ a b Vliet, Bryan (November 2001). "Guide to the TV Tie-in Book Collection, 1945-1999 -- Collection Number: 8001". Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
  23. ^ Haverstick, Amanda (2015). . The Unclassified Get Smart Site. Amanda Haverstick. Archived from the original on September 9, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  24. ^ Birkmeyer, Carl (2009). "Get Smart in Print". Get Smart with WouldYouBelieve.com. Carl Birkmeyer. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  25. ^ a b Morgan, Bill (2000). "Nanny and the Professor". The World of TV Toys. Collector's Guide to TV Toys and Memorabilia. Antique Trader Publications, Inc., and Odyssey Publications. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  26. ^ "William Johnston". FantasticFiction. Fantastic Fiction. 2015. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  27. ^ Rothman, Chuck (2010). "William Johnston (author)". Great but Forgotten: A Look at Movies, Books, TV, Comics, Music, and Other Things that Deserve to be Less Obscure. Chuck Rothman. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  28. ^ a b "William Johnston Named Tie-In Grandmaster for 2010". Television Obscurities. Television Obscurities. January 5, 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  29. ^ a b c d e f g h Spencer, David (2010). "American TV tie-ins from the 50s through the early 70s". In Goldberg, Lee (ed.). Tied in: The Business, History and Craft of Media Tie-In Writing. Casabasas, CA: The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers. pp. 105–148. ISBN 9781453716106.
  30. ^ Bransford, Nathan (March 24, 2011). "Why (Most) Publishers Are Still In New York". NathanBransford.com. Nathan Bransford. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  31. ^ Reasoner, James (August 27, 2010). "Forgotten Books: The Power of Positive Loving - William Johnston". Rough Edges. James Reasoner. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  32. ^ Educational Research and Applications LLC (2012). "Learning About Big Little Books". Educational Research and Applications LLC. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  33. ^ Wolfson, Penny (April 2009). "Small Wonders". Print. 63 (2). Cincinnati, Ohio: Print Magazine: 32.
  34. ^ Davidson, Sol M. (Fall 2006). "Love Affair with a Unique Medium: Big Little Books". International Journal of Comic Art. 8 (2). Drexel Hill, PA: John A. Lent: 200–227.
  35. ^ Nette, Andrew (September 4, 2015). "Pulp Friday: Klute the Novel & William Johnson (sic), Master of the Paperback Tie-In". Pulp Curry. Andrew Nette. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
  36. ^ "Caligula: Tie-Ins, Promotional Items, and Other Such Phenomena". 200 Degrees of Failure: The Unmaking of Caligula. Caligula.org. 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  37. ^ a b c Boog, Jason (January 5, 2010). "Author Who Wrote Tie-Ins for Gilligan's Island to Bewitched Receives Award". GalleyCat. Adweek. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  38. ^ Alter, Alexandra (January 4, 2015). "Popular TV Series and Movies Maintain Relevance as Novels". The New York Times. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  39. ^ Baetens, Jan (Autumn 2005). "Novelization, a Contaminated Genre?". Critical Inquiry. 32 (1). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press: 43–60.
  40. ^ Yerburgh, Mark R. (May 1, 1978). "King (Book Review)". Library Journal. 103 (9). New York, New York: R.R. Bowker: 994.
  41. ^ a b "Previous Scribe Award Winners". Calabasas, CA: International Association of Media Tie-in Writers. 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2015.

April 12, 2024
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William Joseph Johnston January 11 1924 October 15 2010 was an American novelist primarily known for authoring tie in novels although he also wrote non fiction books and novels unrelated to specific motion pictures or television series 1 2 3 4 William JohnstonBornWilliam Joseph Johnston 1924 01 11 January 11 1924Lincoln Illinois U S DiedOctober 15 2010 2010 10 15 aged 86 San Jose California U S Other namesSusan Claudia Alex Steele Matt Lincoln Ed Garth William HowardOccupationNovelistYears active1960 1979SpouseAnne Korba m 1953 wbr Contents 1 Biography 2 Writing career 3 Critical appraisal 4 Retirement and death 5 Awards 6 ReferencesBiography editJohnston was born on January 11 1924 in Lincoln Illinois He was the son of John and Lucille Shoup Johnston and he attended high school in Springfield Illinois 1 5 During the World War II William Johnston served in the Pacific Theater 3 as a radio operator and gunner in the U S Navy Air Corps 1942 1945 1 3 On October 24 1953 Johnston married Anne Korba an executive secretary 1 The couple had five children Phillip 6 Susan Peter Thomas and Kelly Johnston and his family resided in Massapequa New York 1 Writing career editAfter World War II Johnston worked as a disc jockey at radio station WTAX in Springfield Illinois 3 From 1947 1950 Johnston worked as a news reporter for WJOL 1 He worked as a press agent for Tex McCrary s public relations agency from 1950 1960 1 During his time working for Tex McCrary he handled the Lionel trains account 3 For two years Johnston served as the associate editor for The Lion the magazine for the Lions Clubs International 3 Beginning in 1960 Johnston worked as a free lance author 1 3 During the span of 1960 1979 Johnston wrote magazine articles 1 and over 100 books including original novels movie and TV tie in novels and non fiction 1 3 Some of Johnston s tie in novels involve cartoon characters and characters from comic strips 7 and comic books 1 8 on Johnston wrote novels based on popular television series such as The Munsters 9 Bewitched 10 9 The Flying Nun Get Smart The Brady Bunch Nanny and the Professor Room 222 Happy Days and Welcome Back Kotter 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1 2 3 4 6 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Many of Johnston s television tie in novels were related to sitcoms but he worked in other genres except for science fiction 3 In contrast to more recent tie in novelists who have access to email fax machines video recorders computers photocopying and other electronic communications Johnston and other writers of his era wrote their novels on typewriters and had little access to in depth information on the shows that were the subject of these novels Communication was by telephone and regular mail and these novelists watched the programs on television just like the viewer at home These tie in novelists may have had access to some scripts and possibly some film of the television shows from which to work but they had little else Although most television series production took place in California most of the major publishers were located in New York 29 as they remain today 30 This distance made it difficult for novelists and editors to get information from the television production companies on characters plots locations and other aspects of the television programs themselves 29 In addition tie in novelists had to work quickly on their books and had the challenge of developing characters plots and dialogue that related closely enough to the original programs so as to match the expectations of the readers television viewers 29 Generally Johnston worked quickly and could capture critical elements of the TV shows that he wrote about in his novels 29 3 Johnston s novels not related to film or television tended to be written for adults and frequently had ribald themes 3 31 Johnston was represented by the Scott Meredith Literary Agency Inc 1 Johnston did not work exclusively for any one publisher although he published frequently with Lancer Tempo Ace and Whitman 3 8 22 Tempo marketed its books including those books that Johnston authored to children and adolescents 3 Whitman published books for younger children 32 33 34 Unlike other authors who desired fame Johnston preferred obscurity In his article announcing Johnston as the recipient of the Faust Award David Spencer described Johnston as legendary and until now somewhat elusive 3 In its entry for Johnston Contemporary Authors Online includes this quote from him I am interested only in writing entertaining stories and remaining as anonymous as possible 1 Johnston occasionally used pseudonyms 15 such as the name Susan Claudia for Gothic romance stories 3 They Came From the Sea 1969 based on the Television series The New People was published under the name Alex Steele 3 Johnston wrote two novels based on the Matt Lincoln television medical drama The Revolutionist 1970 and The Hostage 1971 using the author name Ed Garth 3 Johnston also employed a pseudonym William Howard for his last book a novelization of the Bob Guccione produced film Caligula 3 35 36 37 Given the controversies related to the movie and given Johnston s association with tie in novels and younger audiences Spencer feels that the Johnston chose to use a pseudonym to avoid attracting younger readers to the book 3 Critical appraisal editJohnston s novels have attracted little critical attention although they are well documented in bibliographies by Larson Peer and in Contemporary Authors 1 4 18 Tie in novels while popular with readers and profitable for publishers 38 generally do not attract serious criticism and scholarship Indeed they are often dismissed as literature 39 During his career Johnston s novels were infrequently reviewed For example Johnston wrote the novelization of a 1978 made for TV movie about Martin Luther King Jr and it received a brief review in Library Journal The review was generally negative 40 Johnston s novels have attracted attention from blog writers who deal with popular culture For example Morgan wrote about Johnston s Nanny and the Professor but he felt that Johnston s books had little to do with the spirit and content of the original television series 25 whereas Caputo felt that Johnston s Fantastic Four novel was consistent with the style in the Marvel comic books 8 Johnston s peers have praised Johnston s work as a tie in novelist 2 3 29 but they seem equally impressed by the sheer number of tie in novels he produced 2 3 29 Retirement and death editJohnston retired from writing and while living in Long Island went to a school for bartending 3 Unsuccessful in finding a job in this field due to his age 3 6 Johnston opened his own bar The Blind Pig 2 6 in Massapequa 3 and he ran it successfully 3 6 After running The Blind Pig Johnston retired a second time and moved to San Jose California 2 3 It was during his residence in San Jose that he received the Grand Master Scribe Award Faust Award from the International Association of Media Tie in Writers 2 3 37 41 Johnston died in San Jose on October 15 2010 5 10 Awards editBest First Novel Edgar Award 1960 Mystery Writers of America awarded for The Marriage Cage Lyle Stuart reissued in paperback by Dell 2 3 29 Grand Master Scribe Award Faust Award 2010 International Association of Media Tie in Writers 2 10 3 28 37 41 References edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o William Johnston Contemporary Authors Online Detroit Gale 2002 Retrieved August 25 2015 a b c d e f g h i Goldberg Lee January 4 2010 William Johnston Named Tie In Grandmaster for 2010 Lee Goldberg Author and TV Producer Lee Goldberg Retrieved August 26 2015 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Spencer David January February 2010 IAMTW s Grand Master Scribe Award The Faust Goes to the Genre s Most Prolific Practitioner PDF Tied In The Newsletter of the International Association of Media Tie in Writers 4 1 Calabasas CA International Association of Media Tie in Writers Retrieved August 26 2015 a b c Peer Kurt 1999 TV Tie ins A Bibliography of American TV Tie in Paperbacks New York TV Books ISBN 9781575000732 a b United States Social Security Death Index index FamilySearch https familysearch org ark 61903 1 1 J5RT HPR accessed August 26 2015 William Joseph Johnston 15 Oct 2010 citing U S Social Security Administration Death Master File database Alexandria Virginia National Technical Information Service ongoing a b c d e Russell Leigh June 10 2013 Interview Hilary Bell Phillip Johnston Moss and Ivy Hello Bookcase Surry Hills New South Wales Australia Hello Bookcase Retrieved August 27 2015 Doherty Jim The Prose Adventures of Dick Tracy Dick Tracy Depot Retrieved September 22 2015 a b c Caputo Nick November 30 2013 FF Big Little Book Mysteries Marvel Mysteries and Comics Minutiae Nick Caputo Retrieved September 22 2015 a b Anonymous May 13 2019 William Johnston SFE The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction SFE Ltd Retrieved March 12 2020 a b c Lewis Steve January 31 2011 Deaths Noted William Johnston Ariana Franklin and Robert E W Jansson Mystery File Steve Lewis Archived from the original on August 14 2011 Retrieved September 16 2015 Anonymous July 5 1999 Freebie Frenzy Chicago Tribune Chicago IL Chicago Tribune Retrieved March 12 2020 Anonymous August 25 2010 Second in the Series The Newberry Chicago IL The Newberry Library Retrieved March 12 2020 Hunt Bob March 31 2008 Brady Book Review The Greg Brady Project Barry Williams Retrieved May 3 2018 Stanford University Libraries Special Collections n d Television Tie In Books Collection 1946 1991 PDF Stanford University Libraries Special Collections Retrieved September 8 2017 a b Anonymous n d William Johnston Book Series in Order Retrieved September 8 2017 MeTV Staff August 17 2016 15 Vintage TV Tie In Novels We Want to Read Based on Title Alone MeTV MeTV Retrieved September 8 2017 MeTV Staff April 14 2016 A Brief Guide to the 8 Weird Happy Days Novels MeTV MeTV Retrieved September 8 2017 a b Larson Randall D 1995 Films Into Books An Analytical Bibliography of Film Novelizations Movie and TV Tie ins Metuchen N J Scarecrow Pres ISBN 9780810829282 Moran Elizabeth 1995 Bradymania Everything You Always Wanted to Know and a Few Things You Probably Didn t Holbrook Mass Adams Publishing ISBN 9781558504189 O Dell Cary 2013 TV Book Tie ins TVparty TVparty Retrieved September 9 2015 O Dell Cary 2015 TV Book Tie Ins Part Two TVparty TVparty Retrieved September 9 2015 a b Vliet Bryan November 2001 Guide to the TV Tie in Book Collection 1945 1999 Collection Number 8001 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library Retrieved September 11 2011 Haverstick Amanda 2015 The Get Smart Paperbacks The Unclassified Get Smart Site Amanda Haverstick Archived from the original on September 9 2016 Retrieved September 11 2015 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Birkmeyer Carl 2009 Get Smart in Print Get Smart with WouldYouBelieve com Carl Birkmeyer Retrieved September 11 2015 a b Morgan Bill 2000 Nanny and the Professor The World of TV Toys Collector s Guide to TV Toys and Memorabilia Antique Trader Publications Inc and Odyssey Publications Retrieved September 11 2015 William Johnston FantasticFiction Fantastic Fiction 2015 Retrieved September 16 2015 Rothman Chuck 2010 William Johnston author Great but Forgotten A Look at Movies Books TV Comics Music and Other Things that Deserve to be Less Obscure Chuck Rothman Retrieved September 16 2015 a b William Johnston Named Tie In Grandmaster for 2010 Television Obscurities Television Obscurities January 5 2010 Retrieved September 16 2015 a b c d e f g h Spencer David 2010 American TV tie ins from the 50s through the early 70s In Goldberg Lee ed Tied in The Business History and Craft of Media Tie In Writing Casabasas CA The International Association of Media Tie In Writers pp 105 148 ISBN 9781453716106 Bransford Nathan March 24 2011 Why Most Publishers Are Still In New York NathanBransford com Nathan Bransford Retrieved September 28 2015 Reasoner James August 27 2010 Forgotten Books The Power of Positive Loving William Johnston Rough Edges James Reasoner Retrieved September 2 2015 Educational Research and Applications LLC 2012 Learning About Big Little Books Educational Research and Applications LLC Retrieved September 22 2015 Wolfson Penny April 2009 Small Wonders Print 63 2 Cincinnati Ohio Print Magazine 32 Davidson Sol M Fall 2006 Love Affair with a Unique Medium Big Little Books International Journal of Comic Art 8 2 Drexel Hill PA John A Lent 200 227 Nette Andrew September 4 2015 Pulp Friday Klute the Novel amp William Johnson sic Master of the Paperback Tie In Pulp Curry Andrew Nette Retrieved September 4 2015 Caligula Tie Ins Promotional Items and Other Such Phenomena 200 Degrees of Failure The Unmaking of Caligula Caligula org 2015 Retrieved September 8 2015 a b c Boog Jason January 5 2010 Author Who Wrote Tie Ins for Gilligan s Island to Bewitched Receives Award GalleyCat Adweek Retrieved September 9 2015 Alter Alexandra January 4 2015 Popular TV Series and Movies Maintain Relevance as Novels The New York Times Retrieved January 18 2015 Baetens Jan Autumn 2005 Novelization a Contaminated Genre Critical Inquiry 32 1 Chicago IL University of Chicago Press 43 60 Yerburgh Mark R May 1 1978 King Book Review Library Journal 103 9 New York New York R R Bowker 994 a b Previous Scribe Award Winners Calabasas CA International Association of Media Tie in Writers 2015 Retrieved August 31 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Johnston novelist amp oldid 1159015101, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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