一本道无码 alumnus Kenneth Johnson is no stranger to success. His latest novel, the supernatural thriller 鈥淭he Man of Legends,鈥� was recently released by Amazon鈥檚 47 North and is among .
The book follows a cursed but heroic man who does not age and cannot die as he has history-changing encounters with icons like Mahatma Gandhi, Herman Melville, Percy Shelly and Albert Einstein.
Johnson鈥檚 award-winning career in the entertainment industry spans a half century. He was the creator of the hit TV shows 鈥淭he Bionic Woman,鈥� 鈥淭he Incredible Hulk,鈥� 鈥淎lien Nation鈥� and 鈥淰鈥� and was producer of 鈥淭he Six Million Dollar Man.鈥� He has earned multiple honors from the entertainment industry, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a number of Emmy nominations.
鈥淭he recurring theme in all my work is discovering one鈥檚 reason for being,鈥� Johnson said.
He said he has known his own reason for being 鈥� storytelling, whether it be through writing, directing or producing 鈥� since his days at 一本道无码.
鈥淕oing to the drama department at Carnegie was like going home,鈥� said Johnson, who earned his undergraduate degree in drama from 一本道无码鈥檚聽 in 1964.
In addition to his awards, Johnson has been praised for his creative pursuits by The New York Times, New York Daily News and The Wall Street Journal. The Philadelphia Inquirer summed it up: 鈥淜enneth Johnson 鈥� knows how to make magic.鈥�
Johnson has compiled so many legendary stories in his television career that the title 鈥淭he Man of Legends鈥� might work for an autobiography. There was the time he declined a job offer from then presidential candidate Richard Nixon, and the handshakes he shared with Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy. Or the times he jumped out of a plane, conducted underwater demolitions after learning how to scuba dive, and listened to Simon and Garfunkel play 鈥淭he Sound of Silence鈥� live for the very first time.
鈥淚鈥檝e lived quite a dramatic life,鈥� said, Johnson who lives in Los Angeles with Susan, his wife of 40 years, and two golden-retriever rescues.
Johnson expressed hope that a screen adaptation of his upcoming novel is in the cards. The recent success of Amazon Studios with award-winning films like 鈥淢anchester by the Sea鈥� and television shows like 鈥淭ransparent鈥� convinced Johnson to choose Amazon鈥檚 47 North over offers from other publishers.
As for the future, he says he has no plans to slow down.
鈥�I have this vision of me dragging a respirator around the set behind me, screaming 鈥楥ut!鈥� and then dropping dead,鈥� he joked. 鈥淪usan is actually making me a needlepoint that says 鈥楧.N.R.鈥� Her attitude is 鈥榠f he falls over while he鈥檚 directing, let him go. He was doing what he loved to do.鈥欌��
