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Lora Johnson is an American author best known for the novel Ice.

Her works include numerous original novels and Star Trek reference books including Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise, the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Journal and Worlds of the Federation. She also authored the Star Wars Technical Journal and contributed to the canon of the Star Wars universe. She is a historian of United States spaceflights and was a design consultant on HBO's From the Earth to the Moon mini-series. ^[1] More recently^{[ when?]}, she created the Virtual Alamo interactive online exhibit for the University of Texas at Arlington.

Personal life

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 to female. ^[2]

Awards

Her novel Chayatocha received the Best of 2003 in literature award from Christian Fiction Review magazine. ^[3] Two of her novels, Ice and The Last Guardian, were Christy Award finalists. ^{[4] [5]}

Partial bibliography

• Johnson, Shane (March 1985). Blueprinting The Science Fiction Universes. New Media Books.
• Johnson, Shane (April 1987). The Worlds of the Federation. Pocket Books. ISBN  978-0-671-66989-8.
• Johnson, Shane (July 1, 1987). Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise. Pocket Books. ISBN  978-0-671-63576-3.
• Johnson, Shane (June 24, 1996). "Star Wars" Technical Journal. Boxtree Ltd. ISBN  978-0-7522-0391-1.
• Johnson, Shane (February 20, 2001). The Last Guardian. WaterBrook Press. ISBN  978-1-57856-367-8.
• Johnson, Shane (July 16, 2002). Ice. WaterBrook Press. ISBN  978-1-57856-548-1.
• Johnson, Shane (November 1, 2003). Chayatocha. Barbour Publishing. ISBN  978-1-59310-051-3.
• Johnson, Shane (September 21, 2004). A Form of Godliness. WaterBrook Press. ISBN  978-1-57856-549-8.
• Johnson, Shane (May 1, 2007). The Demas Revelation. David C. Cook. ISBN  978-1-58919-090-0.

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