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Lois Walfrid Johnson (November 23, 1936) is a children's book author. She writes from a Christian perspective.
Contents
- Biography
- Awards
- Viking Quest Series
- Adventures of the Northwoods Series
- Riverboat Adventures Series
- Lets Talk About it Series
- Other titles
- References

Biography

Johnson was born to Alvar Walfrid, a pastor and to Lydia Walfrid, a bookkeeper and business manager. She grew up in Scandia, Minnesota. At age nine, she knew she wanted to become a writer.

Johnson graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College with a bachelor's degree.

Johnson has been writing since the 1970s. Her second picture book, was considered a "silly spin-off of the Nativity" by School Library Journal. In 1998, four books from her Let's-Talk-About-It series won a Gold Medallion Book Award. In her books, she hides inside secrets, things which only she or those close to her would recognize.

Other awards include the C. S. Lewis Medal for Best Series in the year in which it was published, the Wisconsin State Historical Society Award of Merit for Distinguished Service to History, and five Silver Angel Awards from Excellence in Media.
Awards

Viking Quest Series
- Raiders From the Sea (2003)
- Mystery of the Silver Coins (2003)
- The Invisible Friend (2004)
- Heart of Courage (2005)
- The Raider's Promise (2006)
Titles 1-4 available in Norwegian, Title 1 available in German
Adventures of the Northwoods Series
- The Disappearing Stranger (1990)
- The Hidden Message (1990)
- The Creeping Shadows (1990)
- The Vanishing Footprints (1991)
- Trouble at Wild River (1991)
- The Mysterious Hideaway (1992)
- Grandpa's Stolen Treasure (1992)
- The Runaway Clown (1994)
- The Mystery of the Missing Map (1994)
- Disaster at Windy Hill (1994)
Titles 1-10 available in German. Titles 1-6 available in Swedish.
Riverboat Adventures Series
- Escape into the Night (1995)
- Race for Freedom (1996)
- Midnight Rescue (1996)
- The Swindler's Treasure (1997)
- Mysterious Signal (1998)
- The Fiddler's Secret (1998)