Pen Name:
None
Genres:
Articles, Mystery, Paranormal, Poetry, Screenplays, Short Stories, Stageplays, Thriller, Westerns
Websites:
HermanJohansen.com
IMDB: Herman Johansen
New Play Exchange (NPX): Herman Johansen
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Other Contact Information:
816.308.7974
Bio
Herman’s personal interests include reading, cooking, hiking (including several of Colorado’s Fourteeners), and travel. He’s a sucker for anything that flies and has been airborne in everything from a vintage open-cockpit canvas plane, a hot air balloon, a glider over the Pacific, and under a parachute. In addition to writing, Herman has extensive acting, directing, writing, and casting credits in theatre and film. In 2019, he was given the ‘best actor’ award at the Chesapeake Film Festival (Baltimore MD) for his work in The Land. And he’s always ready to talk about his grandchildren.
More from Herman
I’m working on book two in the Las Cruces series, Las Cruces: Blood Money, and another new novel called Ashes and Rain. Hope to publish them in 2027/2028. And I’m always working on screenplays, among other things.
Books
Title: Las Cruces: Blood Relative
Published: Running Wild Press/2026
Genre: Murder Mystery
In Las Cruces, New Mexico, a family of four is murdered, execution style. The crime remains unsolved until a series of copycat murders starts happening in the exact same fashion and a local celebrity mysteriously feeds the police victims’ names … before they’re killed. The case is assigned to two detectives, sometimes referred to as ‘ the odd couple.’ Det. David Lee Michaels is a veteran, once brilliant detective, now stalled by regrets. Det. Luciana Talker is a young Native American, ambitious, and driven to perfection. Michaels’ increasingly reckless behavior leaves Talker alone to pursue the person who set it all in motion, confronting an evil she can’t comprehend, risking her life and her sanity in the process.