B. K. Parent

B. K. Parent, author of the Sommerhjem Journeys series, has been a storyteller all of her life. She is a gleefully retired school psychologist who resides in Minnesota, where she currently serves as the mayor of her city. She splits her time between home and a cabin in Wisconsin, which she shares with Celeste and two cats. Journey’s Middle won the Midwest Independent Publishing Association (MIPA) 2012 Midwest Book Award for Young Adult Fiction and was a fi nalist in the Fiction: Fantasy and Science Fiction category. Journey’s Lost and Found was a finalist in the MIPA 2013 Midwest Book Awards in both the Young Adult Fiction and the Fiction: Fantasy and Science Fiction categories. Journey’s Seekers won the MIPA 2014 Midwest Book Awards in both the Young Adult Fiction and the Fiction: Fantasy and Science Fiction categories. B. K. Parent is currently working on the next book in the Sommerhjem Journeys series.