Johanna lives in Kelowna B.C., Canada, and Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico. She is an immigrant from The Netherlands (1982) and a Canadian citizen. She began writing short stories in her late fifties as a child protection social worker and discovered her love of writing. Some of her stories made the shortlist in contests (Glimmer Train, CBC/UBC Short Story Contest) and more recently she was the winner of the Wine Country Writers’ Festival story contest - nonfiction; a few stories were published locally. Okanagan Wine Country Writers’ Festival, winner of the Nonfiction Prize.

Johanna self-published two novels and completed three more novels. Histria Books – Addison & Highsmith accepted two novels for publication, the last one scheduled for publishing in 2024.

On Thin Ice, (2012)

Guardians’ Betrayal (2018)  

Between A Rock And A Hard Place (Nov 30, 2021)

Murder In The Strata, long-listed for the Three-Day-Novel Writing contest in BC, unpublished.

The Imposter (scheduled for 2024).