Johnson’s second wife Lesley Bostridge died in 2009.“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” He is survived by his sons Christian, Austin, Emerson. He returned to San Diego six months back while undergoing cancer treatment. His father was a builder and his mother, a teacher. Patrick Spencer Johnson was born on November 24, 1938, in Watertown, San Diego. According to the Los Angeles Times, Johnson once told his agent, “When a person picks up one of my books and starts reading it, I want the relationship between them and the words to be private.
He was even against putting his pictures on his book jackets. Throughout his career and despite all the fame, the author avoided publicity.
It was at this job that he discovered his love for writing and soon began writing for children. Using his medical expertise, he used to write short books simplifying technical information for customers. It has sold 28 million copies worldwide, says The New York Times.Ī doctor by education, Johnson found his calling while working for a medical device manufacturer. It tells the story of two mice, Sniff and Scurry, and two people, Hem and Haw, who scavenge for cheese in a maze. Johnson’s parable about accepting change Who Moved My Cheese? was published in 1998 and became an instant best-seller. To-date it has sold over 15 million copies according to the Los Angeles Times. After it sold over a 1,000 copies, the two authors struck a deal with New York publisher William Morrow & Company. The slim 100-page book on efficient management was first self-published. He co-wrote books about historical personalities like Confucious, Christopher Columbus and Winston Churchill with his first wife Ann Donegan.Īt a party, he met business consultant Ken Blanchard and eventually the two decided to co-author The One Minute Manager (1982).
Johnson, who grew up in Los Angeles and studied medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland, forayed into writing in the 80s with children’s books. American writer Dr Spencer Johnson, author of international best-sellers Who Moved My Cheese? and The One Minute Manager, died of pancreatic cancer in San Diego, US, on Monday.
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