The Author

Novelist, Columnist, Lecturer, Western Aficianado

Most currently, Red Johnson has been writing for the Gold Country Times, a local community newspaper in the gold country, reaching over 10,000 readers in a four-county area that encompasses Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, and Sacramento counties. His column, 'Legends of the Gold Country', captures the raw dynamic energy and tales of early days during the gold rush in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas. Highly popular, his column alone accounts for 90% of new subscriptions to the newspaper since 2004. Readers are privileged to be reading excerpts that will be going into the just released new book, 'Hell Will Be To Pay, The True story  of Henry Plumer'.

Red has just published his latest book, the wildly entertaining, "Murder in the Gold Country, Hacalitas Gang's Raid on Rancheria". You can purchase his book at this site. It is also available for purchase at the following locations: