Vera Johnson (June 13, 1920 – November 9, 2007) was a Vancouver folk singer-songwriter and author. She was known for creating original songs on a variety of topics, some of them controversial, including religion, sex, divorce, censorship, liberation, politics, and family.
In an autobiographical essay, Johnson recounts how she learned to sing and play music in 1949, and how she viewed her writing, whether through music, short stories, or plays, as a means for political change. Her song "The Fountain" described the "hippie protests" of 1968 Vancouver.
Discography
Live Albums Bald Eagle (1974) The Bald Eagle Homer Johnson Oh Canada You Can't Let Your Hair Hang Down A Song for Michael The Do-It-Yourself Divorce Pierre Trudeau The Word Jesus Was a Preacher Layabouts The Gentle Rain of England That Minx from Pinsk
That's What I Believe (1978) The Oldest Swinger in Town The Fountain The Indian The Queerest Critter Coming Home The Sweetheart of Sordido V Women's Liberation Blues God's not Dead Thomas Arkinstall Mrs. Ballantyne Nagamma That's What I Believe Written works
Short Stories TitleDateFirst published inNotes"Black Six on Red Seven"January 15, 1951MacLean'sHonourable Mention, story contest"The Huckelmeyer Story"February 1, 1953MacLean'sOriginally published as "A Man's Gotta Lie Once in a While" / Third prize, story contest"The Long Night"April 15, 1953MacLean's"The Way is Hard and Weary"April 1953Canadian Forum"The Beat of Moth-Wings"August 15, 1953MacLean'sOriginally published as "The Silent Star of Stratford""Death in the Toy Parade"December 1953MacLean's"Vigil on the Rock"December 10, 1955MacLean'sOriginally published as "He Married for Murder""The Legacy" December 1958Toronto Star"The Pilgrimage"February 1959Canadian Forum"Death Comes to the Fiesta"July 1960Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine"The Day They Cut Off the Power"1975New Writings in SF, #27Science Fiction"The Throwback"1988Fictons, #1Science Fiction"The Flower Words of Xochiquetzal"1990Fictons, #3Science Fiction"The Case of the Raptrans Mole"1993Fictons, #5Science Fiction"A Surfeit of Suspects"1994Fictons, #6Science Fiction
Essays TitleDateFirst published inNotes"Wanderlust"July 1934Nature Magazine
References
External links Vera Johnson biography