Vicky Johnson

After getting married, Vicky Johnson decided to write under her new name. You can find all her latest releases on Amazon under the pen name Victoria Benty.

Bio: Growing up, I was the kid who always had a book by my side and read it everywhere. When I turned 15, I began writing fairy tale stories and posting them online, finding a helpful and fun community in fellow teen writers. Almost 10 years later, and I am still writing those stories! Knowing one of my favorite authors, Annette K. Larsen, was self-published and thriving really pushed me to be brave and start sharing my characters and worlds more widely.

I write what I read and adore. There's just something about settling in during a cozy evening with stories of far-off kingdoms, feisty princesses, and dashing princes that has always been a comfort to me. My dream is to be able to share some of the comfort and hominess that my favorite fairy tale authors have provided me with for years. I firmly believe that our favorite stories tell us things about ourselves we'd never know otherwise, whether that be an earnest desire for Jane Eyre's moral compass, a gentle hopefulness like Lucy Pevensie, or the beautiful self-acceptance that Gail Carson Levine's heroines always stumble upon. In my stories, I hope you find a glimmer of yourself and of the way God sees you--fully loved and fully known.

"I wrote fairy tales because the Fairy Tale seemed the ideal Form for the stuff I had to say." --C. S. Lewis