About Paula

         Internationally Acclaimed Author
                               and
                  Pulitzer Prize Nominee

   Paula K. Parker

-Paula K. Parker is a Pulitzer Prize nominee, award-winning, best-selling, and internationally acclaimed author, playwright, magazine writer, entertainment writer, devotional writer, curriculum writer, and corporate copywriter.

Her biblical novel, IF I PERISH; A Queen’s Sacrifice reached multiple best-selling charts on Amazon and was nominated for the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. THE CARPENTER AND HIS BRIDE; The Birth of Hope, also reached multiple best-seller charts on Amazon and won the Bronze Medal from the Inscriptions Christian Book Awards. Her Sisters of Lazarus trilogy, BEAUTY UNVEILED, GLORY REVEALED, and GRACE EXTENDED, reached multiple best-seller charts on Amazon.

Paula co-authored two novels, YHWH: The Flood, the Fish & the Giant, and YESHUA: The King, The Demon & The Traitor with NY Times Best-Selling author, GP Taylor. She co-wrote Shameless Self-Promotion with Mike Parker and Torry Martin. Her devotional book, Illuminations showcases the work of international artist Tracy H. Sugg. Her children’s picture book, SLOW LOVE, was illustrated by Breanna King Butterworth.

An accomplished playwright, Paula is best known for her sparkling stage adaptations of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility, and Jane Austen’s Emma, which have all been performed in theaters across the US as well as internationally.

A freelance writer, her work has appeared in such national publications as  Focus on the Family’s Citizen, Christian Single, Christian Health, Clarity, Release Ink, HomeLife, Disney’s Family Fun, and PB&J magazines as well as online at Crosswalk.com, LifeWay.com, and BuddyHollywood.com. From 2013 – 2024, wrote curriculum for the WinShape Camp for Girls.

Paula is Admin for The Writers’ View – an online writers group – and is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers.

Paula lives near Nashville, Tennessee with her actor/author husband Mike. When not writing, she spends her days hanging with her hubby, visiting with their five grown children, their three sons-in-law, their eight grandbabies, being actively involved in their church, restoring their vintage home, working in their garden, learning Italian, and playing the harp.