Lora Johnson is an American
author
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best known for the novel ''Ice.''
Her works include numerous original novels and ''
Star Trek
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'' reference books including ''
Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise'', the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Journal'' and ''
Worlds of the Federation
''Star Trek: The Worlds of the Federation'' is a 1989 ''Star Trek'' reference manual written and illustrated by Lora Johnson.
The book is a manual of the worlds of the United Federation of Planets and their respective inhabitants and covers not ...
''. She also authored the ''Star Wars Technical Journal'' and contributed to the canon of the ''
Star Wars
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'' universe. She is an historian of US spaceflights and was a design consultant on HBO's ''
From the Earth to the Moon'' mini-series.
More recently, she created the ''Virtual Alamo'' interactive online exhibit for the University of Texas at Arlington.
Gender transition
After suffering prolonged and debilitating stress-induced health problems that nearly ended her life, Johnson dropped out of the public eye in 2008 and underwent correction of a congenital intersex condition, transitioning from
male
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to
female
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.
Awards
Her novel ''Chayatocha'' received the Best of 2003 in literature award from ''Christian Fiction Review'' magazine.
Two of her novels, ''Ice'' and ''The Last Guardian'', were
Christy Award
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finalists.
Partial bibliography
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References
Christian novelists
21st-century American novelists
American science fiction writers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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