Sarah A. Parker
Sarah A. Parker is a New Zealand-born, Australia-based fantasy romance novelist known for epic romantasy, immersive worldbuilding, and emotionally charged characters. ((https://sarahaparker.net/pages/about?utm_source=openai)) She is best known for When the Moon Hatched and the Crystal Bloom series. ((https://sarahaparker.net/pages/when-the-moon-hatched?utm_source=openai)) Her work has reached international bestseller status and appeared in multiple translated editions. ((https://sarahaparker.net/pages/news?utm_source=openai))
Biography & Author's Journey
Sarah A. Parker’s path to authorship began far from the centers of commercial publishing. Raised in rural Wairarapa, New Zealand, she has described an idyllic childhood spent among pasture, trees, forts, and horses, even as she also struggled with reading early on and attended reading-recovery classes. Fantasy entered her life through the fairy and folklore books her grandmother shared with her, an influence Parker has continued to cite as foundational to her imagination. Her formal training was not in literature but in design; after studying fashion-related design, she spent time working at a fashion house in Milan before eventually relocating to Australia’s Gold Coast. ((https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/lifestyle/career/sarah-a-parker/))
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"When The Moon Hatched breathes new, beautiful life into the genre, as Sarah A. Parker weaves lyrical prose with undeniable chemistry"
— Raven Kennedy
"Kiwi writer Sarah A. Parker became one of the world's best-selling authors"
— Now to Love
"Sarah A. Parker's evocative prose takes the reader on a wild ride that thrills as much as it enchants"
— Thea Guanzon
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— The Bookseller
"Sarah A. Parker has created an extraordinarily immersive fantasy world – and a dazzling love story"
— Rachel Winterbottom
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