Description: Katherine J. Parker is a speculative fiction writer and victim of the eternal pursuit of knowledge. She is a fangirl, an entrepreneur, and a firm supporter of indie creators.
We all have questions about the world and those that live in it. Why do people treat each other the way they do? Why are some people happy when they should be sad and others sad when they should be happy? Why am I so lonely when I’m surrounded by people that love me?
Why do we hurt the ones that we love?
I’ve been asking the same questions for three decades, but even if I’d had the language and insight to ask these questions at ten, twelve, or sixteen years of age, I would never have been brave enough to do so. Instead, I went searching for my answers where many other young readers search: In books. In Jr. High, it was Jane Yolen’s Young Merlin Trilogy that brought me first, and fully, into the realm of magic and fantasy. It was in her interpretation of a young, orphaned Merlin and the cast of characters