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Velda Johnston | |
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Born | May 31, 1912 Prosperity (near Joplin), Missouri |
Died | January 3, 1997 Palm Desert, CA |
Pen name | Veronica Jason |
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | American |
Period | 1968–1991 |
Genre | Romantic-suspenseGothic Romance |
Velda Johnston (1912–1997) was an American writer of Gothic Romance novels. She also wrote under the pseudonym Veronica Jason.[1][2] She was raised and educated in Pasadena, California where she sold her first short story as a high school student. She went on to UCLA on a scholarship, where she majored in journalism and wrote articles for the UCLA newspaper.[3][citation needed]