Owen McMahon Johnson (1878 – 1952) was an American wri-ter best remembered for his stories and novels cataloguing the educa-tional and personal growth of the fictional character Dink Stover. The Lawrenceville Stories (The Prodigious Hickey, The Tennessee Shad, The Varmint, Skippy Bedelle, The Hummingbird), set in the well-known prep school, invite comparison with Kiplings Stalky and Co. A 1987 PBS mini-series was based on them. He was born in New York City, the son of Robert Underwood Johnson and his wife Katharine, née McMahon, and atten-ded Lawrenceville School, founding and editing the Lawrenceville Literary Magazine, known as The Lit. He attended Yale University, as a member of the Class of 1900, graduating in 1901, marrying Mary Galt Stockly and moving to Paris, where he did his initial writing. He was a war correspondent for the New York Ti-mes and Colliers during World War I. His first wife died in 1910. His second wife was Esther Ellen Cobb (better known as Cobina Wright Jr.), whom he married in 1912 and divorced in 1917. His third wife was Cecile Denise de la Garde, who died in 1918. His fourth wife was Catherine Sayre Burton, who died in 1923. His fifth wife was Gertrude Bovee Le Boutillier. He was the father of five children. Johnson worked and resided in Stockbridge, Massachusetts from 1923 to 1948, writing about marriage, divorce, and golf. After 1931, his writing activities became less intense, and he became interested in politics, running (unsuccessfully) for the House of Representatives in 1936 and 1938. He died at his home in Vineyard Haven, Massachu-setts, where he had lived for five years. Other Books of O. Johnson: Arrows of the Almighty (1901). In the Name of Liberty (1905). Max Fargus (1906). The Eternal Boy (1909; a Lawrenceville story). The Prodigious Hickey (1910; a reissue of The Eternal Boy). The Humming Bird (1910; also one of the Lawrenceville sto-ries). The Varmint (1910; introducing Dink Stover at Lawrenceville). The Tennessee Shad (1911; a Lawrenceville story). Stover at Yale (1912). Murder in Any Degree (1913; stories). The Sixty-first Second (1913; a novel concerning the Panic of 1907). The Salamander (1913). Making Money (1915). The Woman Gives (1915). The Spirit of France (1916; nonfiction). Virtuous Wives (1918). The Wasted Generation (1921). Skippy Bedelle (1922; also one of the Lawrenceville stories). Blue Blood (1923). Children of Divorce (1927). Sacrifice (1929). The Coming of the Amazons (1931).