Jesus lover. Storyteller. Fan of creative, girly things.

Growing up in Narnia-ahem, Alaska, I never had to look far to dream of epic worlds for story settings. It’s one of the darkest parts of the world in the winter, but also the brightest in the summer with the midnight sun, which inspires me to tell stories that emphasize light in dark worlds. When I'm not reading or writing, you can find me at a coffee shop with friends, singing in choir, painting bookmarks, cooking and baking, or taking emotional support trips to the mountains.

• The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins

• Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

• Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

• A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

• Heidi by Johanna Spyri

• The Boy Who Steals Houses by C.G. Drews

• Softer God: Poems and Divine Conversations by Carisa Downs

• Unseen: The Gift of Being Hidden in a World That Loves to Be Noticed by Sara Hagerty

• Sweet Home Alaska by Carole Estby Dagg

• Coral by Sara Ella

• Fawkes by Nadine Brandes

• Wishtress by Nadine Brandes

• Save the Cat! Writes A Young Adult Novel by Jessica Brody

• The Geography of Lost Things by Jessica Brody

• The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

• The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta von Trapp

• Passenger duology by Alexandra Bracken

• The Mother Daughter Book Club series by Heather Vogel Frederick

• Heirs of Neverland duology by Kara Swanson

• Graceling by Kristin Cashore

• The Lost Crown by Sarah Miller

• Stand on the Sky by Erin Bow

• My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows

• Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young

• Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

• The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede

• Snow Like Ashes trilogy by Sara Raasch

• Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix

• All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr