About

Lizzie Johnson is an American journalist and author known for her investigative, long-form reporting and work as a war correspondent. Her coverage has focused on climate-related disasters and wildfires and, most recently, on the war in Ukraine. She is the author of Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire, an account of the disastrous Camp Fire that nearly destroyed the town of Paradise, California. The book was published in 2021; Apple Original Films adapted it into the movie The Lost Bus, released in 2025.