Джонсон, Спенсер

Спенсер Джонсон (англ. Spencer Johnson; род. 1 ноября 1940, Митчелл, Южная Дакота, США) — американский врач и писатель.

Получил широкую известность как автор серии книг для детей ValueTales, а также мотивационной книги «Где мой сыр?», вошедшей в список бестселлеров The New York Times и в список документальной прозы Publishers Weekly. Также он является автором книги «"Да" или "Нет": Путеводитель по лучшим решениям». В соавторстве с писателем и экспертом в области менеджмента Кеннет Бланшар подготовил серию книг «Менеджер за одну минуту». Книги Джонсона переведены на 26 языков.

Биография

Родился 1 ноября 1940 года в г. Митчелл штата Южная Дакота.

В 1957 году окончил Нотр-Дамскую среднюю школу в лос-анджелесском пригороде Шерман Оукс.

В 1963 году получил степень бакалавра гуманитарных наук по психологии в Университете Южной Калифорнии.

Получил степень доктора медицины в Королевском хирургическом колледже в Ирландии. Занимался медицинской практикой в Клинике Майо и Гарвардской медицинской школе.

Сочинения

• The ValueTale of Elizabeth Fry: the value of kindness (La Jolla, California: Value Communications, 1975)
• The ValueTale of the Wright brothers: the value of patience (La Jolla, California: Value Communications, 1975)
• The Valuetale of Louis Pasteur: the value of believing in yourself (La Jolla, California: Value Communications, 1975)
• The value of believing in yourself: the story of Louis Pasteur (La Jolla, California: Value Communications, 1976)
• The value of patience: the story of the Wright brothers (La Jolla, California: Value Communications, 1976)
• The value of humor: the story of Will Rogers (La Jolla, California: Value Communications, 1976)
• The value of kindness: the story of Elizabeth Fry (La Jolla, California: Value Communications, 1976)
• The value of imagination: the story of Charles Dickens (La Jolla, California: Value Communications, 1977)
• The value of courage: the story of Jackie Robinson (La Jolla, California: Value Communications, 1977)
• The value of curiosity: the story of Christopher Columbus (La Jolla, California: Value Communications, 1977)
• The value of saving: the story of Benjamin Franklin (La Jolla, California: Value Communications, 1978)
• The value of sharing: the story of the Mayo brothers (La Jolla, California: Value Communications, 1978)
• The value of understanding: the story of Margaret Mead (La Jolla, California: Value Communications, 1979)
• The value of dedication: the story of Albert Schweitzer (La Jolla, California: Value Communications, 1979)
• The value of fairness: the tale of Nellie Bly (with Ann Donegan Johnson, Emerson Johnson and Steve Pileggi) (Orem, Utah: ValueTales Publishing, 2007)
• The value of fantasy: the story of Hans Christian Andersen (La Jolla, California: Value Communications, 1979)
• The value of honesty: the story of Confucius (La Jolla, California: Value Communications, 1979)
• The One Minute Manager(with Ken Blanchard, William Morrow & Co, 1982) ISBN 0-06-008579-7
• The One Minute Father: the quickest way for you to help your children learn to like themselves and want to behave themselves (New York: W. Morrow, 1983)
• The One Minute Mother: the quickest way for you to help your children learn to like themselves and want to behave themselves (New York: Morrow, 1983)
• The Precious Present (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1984)
• The One Minute $ales Person: The Quickest Way to Sell People on Yourself, Your Services, Products, or Ideas--at Work and in Life (New York: W. Morrow, 1984)
• One Minute for Myself (New York: W. Morrow, 1985) [retitled One Minute for Yourself]
• The One Minute Teacher: How to Teach Others to Teach Themselves (with Constance Johnson) (New York: W. Morrow, 1986)
• "Yes" or "No": The Guide to Better Decisions (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992)
• Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life (New York, Putnam, 1998)
• The Cheese Experience: an amazing way to deal with change in your work and in your life ... presenters handbook to direct people through the maze (with Spencer Johnson Company. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Spencer Johnson Co., 1999)
• An A-mazing Change Profile: discovering who you are and how you can enjoy more success with less stress in changing times (Salt Lake City, Utah: Spencer Johnson Co., 2000)
• Paradoxical Commandments: finding personal meaning in a crazy world (with Kent M. Keith) (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2002)
• Who Moved My Cheese? For Teens: an a-mazing way to change and win! (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002)
• The Present: The Secret to Enjoying Your Work And Life, Now! (New York, Doubleday, 2003)
• The Value of Learning: the tale of Marie Curie (with Ann Donegan Johnson) (Orem, Utah: Candle Publishing, 2007)
• The Value of Friendship: the tale of Jane Addams (with Ann Donegan Johnson) (Orem, Utah: Candle Publishing, 2007)
• The Value of Helping: the tale of Harriet Tubman (with Ann Donegan Johnson) (Orem, Utah: Candle Publishing, 2007)
• The Value of Respect: the tale of Abraham Lincoln (with Ann Donegan Johnson) (Orem, Utah: Candle Publishing, 2007)
• Peaks and Valleys: Making Good And Bad Times Work For You--At Work And In Life (New York: Atria Books, 2009)