Author Leah Johnson's debut novel, "You Should See Me in a Crown" follows Liz Lighty who must fit in with the prom-obsessed high schoolers to get out of small-town Campbell, Indiana while ultimately making a space for herself to create her own happy ending. "Local Author Leah Johnson's book 'You Should See Me In A Crown' Becomes First YA Pick For Reese Witherspoon's Book Club".
" 'Black joy is at the heart of' author and Indianapolis native Leah Johnson's YA novel". She identifies as queer, and came to accept her sexuality while writing her debut novel You Should See Me In A Crown. The book is about "two girls named Toni and Olivia who both go to a music festival and search for two very different things." Personal life Her second novel Rise to the Sun was released on July 6, 2021. It received a Stonewall Book honor and was selected as Reese Witherspoon's first YA book of the month, among other accolades. Published in 2020 by Scholastic, the book received critical acclaim. I love those stories so much and wanted to see someone like me reflected in them as more than a sidekick." John Hughes movies of the eighties, the teen romantic comedies of the late '90s, early aughts. Johnson described the book as "very much an homage to the work that I love the most. You Should See Me In A Crown centers a Black queer teenager who runs for Prom Queen to win a college scholarship. After publishing an Electric Literature essay about the dearth of diverse YA literature, editor Sarah Landis reached out to help her craft a book proposal. Johnson began the manuscript for her debut novel You Should See Me In A Crown in 2018 as a graduate student at Sarah Lawrence College. Johnson received her MFA in fiction writing from Sarah Lawrence College. While in college at Indiana University Bloomington, she interned at the Wall Street Journal, WFIU, and WPLN. Johnson went on to be the editor-in-chief of her high school's newspaper as well as a tennis player and a member of the show and concert choirs. Johnson was raised on the west side of Indianapolis, Indiana.
Her second book Rise to the Sun was released in 2021. Her debut novel You Should See Me In A Crown (2020) received critical acclaim, including a Stonewall Book Honor.
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