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Nathaniel S. Johnson

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Nobody that morning in the peaceful village of Harmony could have anticipated the approaching chaos.

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About Nathaniel

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Nathaniel S. Johnson, a veteran American radio broadcaster and record producer, was born in Concord, Massachusetts. In his youth, he demonstrated an aptitude for writing and music.

At WGBH Radio and TV, Mr. Johnson supervised sound recordings for radio and TV drama, plus recordings of live broadcasts by the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops Orchestras.

During his tenure at WGBH, Nat Johnson collaborated with Alistair Cooke on various Public TV programs and recorded Cooke’s “Letter from America” for broadcast on the BBC. As an audio designer for WGBH Radio Drama, Mr. Johnson produced “Herakles” by Archibald MacLeish, an experimental radio drama in quadrophonic sound.

Nathaniel Johnson was appointed Head of Reissues at RCA Records in New York, where he supervised remastering the 64-CD Grammy Award-winning Heifetz Collection. Later, Mr Johnson was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Historial Album as Producer for a 94-CD set, The Rubinstein Collection for RCA Red Seal.

The author of several novels and a collection of short stories, Mr. Johnson’s works have appeared in AlienSkin, Boston Literary Magazine, Writers’ Stories, SNM Horror Magazine, Bewildering Stories’ First Quarterly Review 2010, The Foundling Review, Every Day Fiction, and Absent Willow Review.

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