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Iris Johansen, American author
Iris Johansen is an American writer of crime fiction, suspense fiction, and romance novels. Iris Johansen left a job as an airline reservations agent in the early 1980s to begin writing romance novels. Iris and Roy have written the Kendra Michaels books series together.
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Iris Johansen was born in 1938. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
These figures put everyday life in Iris Johansen's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.
| Measure | 1938 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | $0.20 | $3.45/gal |
| Average home | $5,100 | $435,000 |
| Average income | $2,800 | $67,500 |
| Minimum wage | $0.25 | $7.25/hr (federal) |
| Movie ticket | $0.25 | $11.95 |
| Postage stamp | $0.03 | $0.73 |
| Population | 129.8M | 341 million |
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