Events
Local Author Festival at Tipton County Public Library | Saturday, February 28, 10a-2pm
3149 Hwy 51 S, Covington TN | A full day of excitement, including: Author panels, Children's activities, Photo booth, Story times, and much more!
2026 LitFest at Collierville Burch Library | Saturday, March 21, 12-3pm
501 Poplar View Parkway, Collierville TN | Meet authors, shop vendors, enjoy literacy games and activities for children and families throughout the event.
Three Guesses is available for purchase and signing at all events.
Now Scheduling 2026 Visits & Events: Bookstores | Libraries | Book Clubs | Book Festivals | Creative Writing Programs | Author Conversations and Interviews | Special Events
Reader Views 5-Star Review by Joan Kirschner: Three Guesses “is a highly imaginative and appealing work, cleverly written.”
Southern Literary Review by Tamatha Cain: “quietly spellbinding novella”
Paducah Life Magazine interview with Susie Rozzell Fenwick, September/October issue, page 57, Paducah KY
Three Guesses Playlist-Chris McClain Johnson (Spotify): Also recorded live July 21, 2025, with Willy Bearden at wyxr.org/songs-that-move-you
Washington Independent Review of Books: Sneak Preview: Spring 2025: Three Guesses made the baker’s dozen list of promising new titles.
Midwest Book Review Library Bookwatch under The Literary Fiction Shelf: “Told in the author's distinctive and narrative driven storytelling style laced with humor and insight, Chris Johnson's ‘Three Guesses’ is especially and unreservedly recommended novella for community and college/university library Contemporary American Literary Fiction collections.”
Small Press Picks - Three Guesses: Wonderful author and book reviewer Beth Castrodale posted a lovely review: “Three Guesses is a warm, witty, and incisive book, one that makes smart use of the epistolary form. It was a pleasure to read.”
Shepherd.com > Diane Wald: Three Guesses made the list of “The best books that are short enough for you to read all at once in a comfy chair with a nice glass of wine.”