William Johnson

William Johnson is the director of PEN America’s Florida office and a longtime literary adovacte, with a focus on LGBTQ and BIPOC voices. He previously served as deputy director of Lambda Literary, where he helped shape the Writer’s Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices. Johnson also co-produced Nepantla, a major anthology for queer poets of color, and received the Publishing Triangle’s Leadership Award in 2021 for his contributions to LGBTQ literature.