Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William W. Johnstone (2nd nomination)
While there are no independent sources in the article (and appear not to have been even when the lists of books were included), they do , eg 'William W. Johnstone - At a turning point with new book', by Sidney Williams in ''The Town Talk'' (Alexandria, Louisiana) 6 May 1995, pp C1 and C3 https://www.newspapers.com/image/218248219/?terms=%22William%2BW.%2BJohnstone%22; 3 paras in 'Great books let readers care about the characters', by Jan Jeffus, in ''The Town Talk'' (Alexandria, Louisiana) 16 March 1997, https://www.newspapers.com/image/218443175/?terms=%22William%2BW.%2BJohnstone%22; 1 para in 'Romance and Westerns' by Jacque Hillman in ''The Jackson Sun'' (Jackson, Tennessee) 4 February 1995, p 5B https://www.newspapers.com/image/283825610/?terms=%22William%2BW.%2BJohnstone%22; a Kirkus Review of ''What The Heart Knows'' https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/william-w-johnstone/what-the-heart-knows-2/; 22 lines of quote, with comment, in a review of ''The Defense of Elitism'' in the ''Star Tribune'' (Minneapolis) 26 December 1994 https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/william-w-johnstone/what-the-heart-knows-2/. I would say he does meet 
— User:RebeccaGreen, 05:06, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
Stance: keep
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