Richard Johnson is a man of many talents, including careers as research chemist, business owner, and, most recently, writer. After earning a PhD, Richard Johnson held research appointments at the University of Chicago, the University of Arizona, and Syntex, the pharmaceutical company famous for producing the first birth control pill. Subsequently he worked in the medicinal industry, producing two U.S. Patents. In 1980, Johnson founded Desert Analytics, a laboratory carrying out microanalysis on minute samples of research compounds produced in universities, corporations, and government installations. Richard has had a lifelong interest in consciousness, fascinated by the paradox about human identity that it creates. His other books include: Religion, The Failed Narrative; The Human Identity Problem; Intuitive/Counterintuitive: The Structure of Religion and Science; and, Had Enough of God Yet? Richard has three adult children, five grandchildren, and resides in Tucson, Arizona.