T. Geronimo Johnson is an American filmmaker and novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is known for his work in both film and literature, bringing a distinctive voice to contemporary fiction. Johnson's debut novel, Hold It 'Til It Hurts, was a finalist for the 2013 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, establishing him as a significant new literary voice. His second novel, Welcome to Braggsville, achieved considerable critical recognition, winning the 2015 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence and the 2016 William Saroyan International Prize for Fiction Writing. The novel also received the inaugural Simpson Family Literary Prize in 2017.