Michael E. Johnson

Michael Johnson’s “Life with an Angel” was his first novel. His writing started as an inspiration from his grandchildren. Johnson was raised in Indiana and served 31 years as a police officer with the Beech Grove Police Department in central Indiana; he retired as the Chief of Police. Prior to that he was in the Marines and fought as a combat veteran in the Vietnam War, for which was an inspiration and experience for the writing of "Don't Let Me Die Here." Throughout that book real experiences are highlighted, including actual pictures taken while there. Others that have been an inspiration to him are his parents, his wife and family – and Father Vincent Capodanno, who he met while serving in Vietnam. He and his wife, Vicki, have four grown children and 12 grandchildren to whom this book is dedicated.