Allan G. Johnson (1946–2017) was an American writer and public speaker who worked in the fields of sociology and gender studies.

One of his nonfiction works is The Gender Knot: Unraveling our Patriarchal Legacy, about the detrimental effects of the patriarchy.

After receiving his PhD, he worked at Wesleyan University in the sociology department.

During this time, he wrote a number of books, including The Gender Knot and The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice, and Promise.

During this time, he began to publish novels, including The First Thing And The Last and Nothing Left to Lose.