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Born January 1, 1940 (age 84) ( 1940-01-01 ) South Dakota Occupation Author, speaker, management consultant People also search for Ken Blanchard, Larry Wilson, Ann D. Johnson, Ann Donegan Johnson, Steve Pileggi Books Who Moved My Cheese?, The One Minute Manager, The One Minute Sales Per, The Precious Present, One minute for yourself | ||
Patrick Spencer Johnson (November 24, 1938 – July 3, 2017) was an American physician and author, known for the ValueTales series of children's books, and for his 1998 motivational book Who Moved My Cheese?, which recurred on the New York Times Bestseller list, on the Publishers Weekly Hardcover nonfiction list. Johnson was chairman of Spencer Johnson Partners.
Johnson also wrote the book "Yes" or "No": The Guide to Better Decisions (1992). He co-authored the One Minute Manager series of books with management writer Ken Blanchard, though each author has added their own books to the series. His latest book is Peaks And Valleys.
Johnson's books have been translated into twenty-six languages.
Biography
Spencer Johnson was born in Watertown, South Dakota, graduated from Notre Dame High School of Sherman Oaks, California, in 1957, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Southern California in 1963, and his medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Johnson lived in Hawaii and New Hampshire. He died in San Diego on July 3, 2017 at the age of 78.