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Jill Frances Johnson grew up overseas in Jordan, Nepal, and Nigeria. These formative years were leavened with American culture from her Quaker family’s roots in South Jersey farm country. She earned her MFA after graduating from Smith College in the Ada Comstock Scholars Program for nontraditional students. Her work can be found in Under the Gum Tree, Clockhouse, ManifestStation, and Solstice, where she is the Associate Nonfiction Editor. Her current project, Waterskiing in Kashmir, is a memoir about expat life and crossing boundaries.
