résumé

MaryAnn Johanson
PO Box 221
Bronx, New York 10470
maryann@maryannjohanson.com

~FREELANCE WRITER~

1991 - present

• journalist, promotional copywriter, screenwriter

• film critic and webmaster at FlickFilosopher.com, one of the most popular and most respected movie-related sites, with traffic in the top 2 percent of *all* Web sites

• author of *The Totally Geeky Guide to The Princess Bride,* a deconstruction and appreciation of the cult film, published in August 2006

• extensive writing experience:
= movie/DVD reviews
= direct mail
= feature articles
= catalog copy
= promotional copy
= screenplays
= educational material
= press releases

• writing clients/credits include:
= *Salt Lake City Weekly* newspaper (contributing film critic)
= *Charleston (SC) City Paper* (contributing film critic)
= *Colorado Springs Independent* (contributing film critic)
= *Pacific Northwest Inlander* (Spokane, WA) (contributing film critic)
= *Rocky Mountain Chronicle* (Fort Collins, CO) (contributing film critic)
= *Wausau (WI) City Pages* (contributing film critic)
= *Staten Island Source* newspaper (contributing film critic)
= *Cincinnati City Beat* (contributing film critic)
= *Monterey County Weekly* (contributing film critic)
= *Ace Weekly* (Lexington, KY) (contributing film critic)
= *Video Librarian* magazine and Web site (contributing film critic)
= Film.com (contributing writer)
= FilmThreat.com
= Blockbuster Preview (UK)
= The Internet Review of Science Fiction (http://irosf.com/)
= Watson Adventures (walking-tour/trivia scavenger hunts)
= *Yahoo! Internet Life* magazine
= *New York Living* magazine
= Cosimo Books
= Doubleday Book Clubs
= Book-of-the-Month Club
= BMG Direct
= Columbia House
= *Archaeology* magazine
= *McCall's* magazine
= *Staten Island Advance* newspaper
= *Creative Ideas for Living* magazine
= TestTakers (SAT prep questions)
= *My AOL* magazine
= *Mercedes Momentum* magazine
= *The Encyclopedia of U.S. Popular Culture*

• award-winning screenwriter

*Cat & Mouse,* psychological suspense drama:
= Semifinalist, WriteMovies.com screenplay competition, Spring 2003

*Bronx Cheer,* romantic dramedy:
= Second Place, Feature Comedy category, Jury of Your Peers 2000 screenplay competition
= Honorable Mention, Television/Movie Script category, Writer's Digest 2000 Writing Competition
= Runner-Up in the 2nd annual Hollywood 27 Screenwriting Competition, 2002

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~FREELANCE EDITOR~

1991 - present

• line editor, copy editor, and proofreader in a variety of formats:
= consumer magazines
= novels
= children's books
= nonfiction books
= Web content
= promotional book sales copy
= direct mail packages
= technical material

• clients include:
= *Archaeology* magazine
= *W* magazine
= *New York Living* magazine
= *Yahoo! Internet Life* magazine (contributing editor)
= *Computer Game Entertainment* magazine
= *PC Magazine*
= *Metrosource* magazine
= Ballantine/Del Rey Books (novels)
= Baen Books (novels)
= Tor Books (novels)
= St. Martin's Press (novels)
= Pocket Books (novels)
= Cosimo Books (nonfiction, promotional copy)
= Publication Services (novels)
= Night Shade Books (nonfiction)
= Longmeadow Press (nonfiction)
= Scholastic (children's)
= Dutton Books (children's)
= Bookworks LLC (children's)
= NYToday.com (*The New York Times*' erstwhile guide to NYC)
= ADFO (Web services)
= Digital Pulp (Web services)
= Book-of-the-Month Club (promotional copy)
= Quality Paperback Book Club (promotional copy)
= Children's Book-of-the-Month Club (promotional copy)

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~PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE~
Copy Editor
Book-of-the-Month Club
February 1991 to March 1995

Assistant Editor/Copywriter
McCall's magazine
June 1990 to January 1991

Assistant Editor
Creative Ideas for Living magazine
October 1989 to June 1990

Editorial Assistant
Creative Ideas for Living magazine
October 1988 to October 1989