After the children grew up, I began to focus on my writing. My first books were part of a trilogy... The 'Wind Dance' trilogy.

She first achieved success in the early 1980s writing category romances. [1]
Johansen was born in St Louis Missouri and lives in Georgia and is married. Her daughter Tamara serves as her research assistant.

Iris Johansen (born April 7 1938) is an American author of crime fiction and romance novels.