A children's-book author from Kent, Ohio, Angela Johnson personifies the prolific writer. By the time she became a MacArthur fellow in 2003, she'd written and published at least a book a year. Her output ranges from picture books to novels for young adults. She's best known for her ability to explore sensitive topics -- racism, mental illnesses, death and divorce -- in a compassionate, realistic manner. Johnson has won four Coretta Scott King Book Awards for her novels and picture books.