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Diana
Johnson, a direct descendent of the great medieval king,
Charlemagne,
is a
member of the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the
United State of
America,
as well as Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and
is
secretary/editor
of First California Company, Jamestowne Society. A
fourth
generation
Californian, she was born in Los Angeles, attended
Occidental
College,
graduated from UCLA with honors, and earned her master's
degree
from
California State University, Northridge, also with
honors.
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- She
taught music in the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills Unified
School
districts.
She and her husband Bill live in the San Fernando Valley.
They
both
hold private pilot's licenses and have traveled most of
the United
States
by private plane as well as more conventional means. They
have also
toured
Europe, Scandinavia, Africa, China, Australia and New
Zealand, Russia
and
the Baltic Countries. Diana, a frequent flute soloist,
also enjoys
singing
in the church choir and playing bridge.
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- As a
member of the San Fernando Valley Branch of the
California Writers
Club,
Diana served as co-treasurer with her husband, and
president. She has
also
been a delegate to the California Writers Club State
Board of Directors
and
State Treasurer. She was the 1995 recipient of the
coveted Jack London
Award
for service to the California Writers Club. In 2006 she
became the
first
president of a new West Valley Branch of CWC. Diana has
been a repeat
workshop
leader for the CWC State Writers' Conference at Asilomar,
on the
Monterey
Peninsula.
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- Writing
is Diana's second career. She
is currently working on the story of her great, great
grandfather,
Edward
Brochenbrough Daingerfield, who came to California during
the Gold
Rush
in 1850.
You may
contact her at her e-mail address: billndi@verizon.net
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