Laura Susan Johnson has been writing since the age of eleven, cutting her teeth on stories of the family dogs and cats. She has written two novels: CRUSH and BRIGHT and three short stories, BURDENS, OUR HOUSE, COLD FOOT, and OLD CARS. All of these projects are now available here at Smashwords. CRUSH and BRIGHT are also available in print at Beaten Track Publishing, in Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK. She is currently working on her most challenging projects to date, the interdependent novels, DREAMS and ARMOUR. She lives in Idaho, Oregon, Arkansas and California. Inspired by gay couples she took care of in her career as a hospice nurse, Laura Susan began penning her novel CRUSH in August 2010. Laura Susan has applied much of her own life experience to the characters she hasỲ created in her books and stories. UPDATED 12/22