Writer and magician Deej Johnson is aBANANAGRAMS’ fanatic! Deej serves asa creative consultant at BANANAGRAMS and claims that hisformer high-school teacher, Janise Marillat, summed him upbest in an annual report that said: “Deej’s cheerful smile oftengets him out of difficult situations… Unfortunately, these areusually situations that he creates himself.”Mark was born in Willesden, NW London in 1966. He has a BSc Honours degree in Mathematics with Statistics from Bristol University and while he was there became Channel 4's first 'Countdown Champion of Champions'. He went on to become the show's Producer, and in 1993 he won the World Scrabble Championship at the Plaza Hotel in New York. To date he is the only British World Champion and he has also won a record4 National titles. In 2011 he wrote Collins 'Little Book of Scrabble Secrets'. He lives in Knutsford, Cheshire, is married to Helen and has2 children, Max and Kizzy.