Kristin Johannsen
Freelance writer

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Textbook series include:


Explore (Heinle)

Check It Out! (Heinle)

Ventures (Cambridge University Press)

Footprints Graded Readers (Heinle)

Hemispheres (McGraw-Hill)

Professional English (Heinle)

World Pass (Heinle)

World Link (Heinle)

In Detail (Heinle)

Up Close (Heinle)

Listen In (Heinle)

Go For It! (Heinle)

Expressions (Heinle)

Textbooks

In addition to her creative writing, Kristin is also the author or coauthor of more than 30 textbooks in English as a Foreign Language, used by students in high schools, universities, and language institutes in dozens of countries. Click on the titles to read about some of her textbooks.

World Pass: Expanding English Fluency
Professional English: English for the Humanities

She has written teacher's manuals, student workbooks, test materials, web content, and online training courses for people teaching and learning English around the world.

Selected Works

Ginseng Dreams: The Secret World of America’s Most Valuable Plant
It’s the costliest plant in our forests, valued at up to $2000 a pound. It was an economic mainstay of the new American nation: John Jacob Astor made a fortune from it, and Daniel Boone lost one. An absorbing journey into the many worlds of this mysterious and potent plant, Ginseng Dreams tells the extraordinary story of America’s little-known natural treasure and the spell it casts over those who seek it.
Missing Mountains: We went to the mountaintop, but it wasn't there
edited by Kristin Johannsen, Bobbie Ann Mason, and Mary Ann Taylor-Hall

Thirty-five notable Kentucky authors, including Wendell Berry, Silas House, and Gwyn Hyman Rubio, write against mountaintop removal coal mining in this collection of essays, fiction, and poetry.
Ecotourism in Appalachia: Marketing the Mountains
Appalachia seems an ideal destination for ecotourists, with its rugged mountains, uniquely diverse forests, wild rivers, and lively arts culture. And ecotourism promises much for the region: protecting the environment while bringing income to disadvantaged communities. But can these promises be kept?

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