Joann J. Johnson, the author’s daughter, who was inspired to finish her mother’s work,“The Other Cross” after her death in 1970, is a dramatist, composer, writer, and graphics designer.  She authored “Forever Poetry,” a book of her original poems; has written several Biblical musical dramas, her most celebrated being “Jochebed’s Boy,” the story of Moses as told by his elderly mother, Jochebed, portrayed in fifteen scenes with twenty-two musical compositions.  She is a recipient of the Paul Mickelson Music Award for Meritorious Service and a member of the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers. 

Her career includes positions with Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company (Pacific Bell); Foursquare International Department of Youth and Christian Education; Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau; Sheriff’s Station Supervisor, Technical Services Division Administrative Assistant, and Detective Division Investigations Analyst.  Her last assignment was with the Los Angeles County Chief Administrative Office as Staff Analyst/Graphics Artist, participating in the oversight and reorganization of departments administering automated information resources.  Now retired, Joann remains active in graphics artistry, writing, and music.