LouAnne Johnson

LouAnne Johnson is an American writer, teacher and former U.S. Navy journalist. She spent seven years as a radio-TV broadcaster and one year as a Marine Corps Officer, after graduating as Honor Woman in her Marine Corps OCS class. She was the first woman inducted into the DINFOS (Defense Information School) Hall of Fame.

She is best known for the book ''My Posse Don't Do Homework'', which was adapted as the film ''Dangerous Minds'' in 1995, and the TV series ''Dangerous Minds''. She was portrayed by Michelle Pfeiffer in the film, and by Annie Potts in the TV series. She is the author of ten books, including a popular textbook for teachers, ''Teaching Outside the Box'' (Jossey-Bass) and the Young Adult novel ''Muchacho'' (Knopf) which won awards. Provided by Wikipedia