Lynn Johnson

Lynn Johnson was born and raised in The Potteries. She went to school in Burslem, the setting for many of her novels. Like the protagonists in her books, she had ambitions although, at the time, she had no idea what they were. In her own time, she obtained a BA Hons in Humanities with Literature from the Open University, and a Diploma in Management Studies from Staffordshire Polytechnic and became a Human Resources Manager with a large County Council.

Lynn began to research her family tree and it inspired her to write short stories set in The Potteries one of which became the basis for her debut novel, The Girl from the Workhouse, the first in The Potteries Girls series. There are now five books in the series with a sixth due out in August 2026 and all are available in ebook, paperback, audio and large print. Lynn is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and the Society of Authors. She still has a close affinity to The Potteries but now lives in Orkney with her husband and six beautiful cats.