The Inspiration Behind Conspiracy Ignited: A Legal Thriller Rooted in Reality

Raymond Paul Johnson is an attorney, author, aviator, aerospace engineer and

combat veteran who holds the Distinguished Flying Cross, Meritorious Service Medal, and five Air Medals, among other awards. Ray has been a trial attorney for over 35 years, concentrating in product liability and aviation law, selected as a Super Lawyer by Los Angeles Magazine every year since 2006, and an adjunct instructor at the University of Southern California since 2021. He is also certified as a Mediator by Pepperdine University School of Law/Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution.

While in the U.S. Air Force, Ray flew as a fighter pilot, jet instructor and functional test pilot. He also received a master-of-science degree in astronautics from the Air Force Institute of Technology and co-chaired the DOD/NASA working groups on Space Shuttle design and integration. Ray graduated from New York University (BS Aerospace Engineering) and the School of Law at the College of William and Mary. He is principal co-author of the legal treatise Defective Product: Evidence to Verdict, Juris Publishing/New York (Supp 2003) and has written more than 50 articles published in law journals and nationally circulated periodicals. Ray has also served as a legal consultant to the Los Angeles Times, New York

Times and USA Today, and has been interviewed by CNN, NBC News and other televised

programs.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Raymond Paul Johnson about the inspiration behind his book Conspiracy Ignited.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How writing without a strict outline allows the characters to guide the story.

- Why it’s important to write what you know and draw on your real life experiences.

- How writing a book of fiction is much different than writing non-fiction for law publications.

- Why attracting literary agents and publishers is a difficult endeavor.

- How Conspiracy Ignited is being considered for a movie adaptation.

Connect with Raymond:

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