About Paula
Internationally Acclaimed Author
and
Pulitzer Prize Nominee
Paula K. Parker
Paula’s Full Bio
Paula’s Full Bio
Paula K. Parker is a Pulitzer Prize nominated, 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. It was nominated for the prestigious Pulitzer Prize and was a Finalist in the 2025 Storytrade Book Award in the Christian Historical Fiction category.
Her biblical novel, THE CARPENTER AND HIS BRIDE; The Birth of Hope, also reached multiple best-seller charts on Amazon and won the Bronze Medal in the 2023 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.
Paula wrote content for the Thomas Nelson’s NYT Bestselling “BECOMING” Bible-zine, their “REAL” Bible-zine, their AMERICAN WOMEN’S BIBLE, and their INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S BIBLE. She wrote devotionals for the CEB DEEP BLUE KIDS BIBLE (Common English Bible). She wrote content for Zondervan’s NIV BELIEVE BIBLE, KID’S EDITION.
From 2013-2024, she wrote curriculum for the WinShape Camp for Girls.
Paula is the Admin/Owner for The Writers’ View—an online writers group—and is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers.
Paula’s Small Bio
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. She writes books, articles, plays, reviews, curriculum, and inspirational devotions. Paula lives near Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband Mike, who is also a writer and a professional actor.
Her biblical novel, IF I PERISH; A Queen’s Sacrifice reached multiple best-selling charts and was nominated for the prestigious Pulitzer Prize and was a Finalist in the 2025 Storytrade Book Awards. Her biblical novel, THE CARPENTER AND HIS BRIDE; The Birth of Hope, also reached multiple best-selling charts and won the Bronze Level in the Inspirations Christian Book Awards. Her biblical Sisters of Lazarus trilogy—BEAUTY UNVEILED, GLORY REVEALED, and GRACE EXTENDED—reached multiple best-selling charts.
Her stage adaptations of Jane Austen’s novels, PRIDE & PREJUDICE, SENSE & SENSIBILITY, and EMMA have been performed in theaters across the United States as well as internationally.
