Carl Martin Johnson has worked in most Latin American countries. He was briefly arrested in Chile under suspicion of spying for Argentina and was a combat journalist for Soldier of Fortune Magazine. His fiction has been published in Slice magazine. A native Texan, Carl was accepted into the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art Playwright Studio. While in Australia, he had a one-act play produced and wrote for a continuing dramatic series for the Australian Broadcasting Network. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and did graduate study at the University of Southern California. He currently lives in Allen, Texas.