Kimberly King Parsons is the author of the national-bestselling novel We Were the Universe, number two on TIME Magazine’s Best Books of 2024 and a Dakota Johnson Book Club pick the New York Times calls “a profound, gutsy tale of grief’s dismantling power.” Parsons’s debut collection, Black Light, was longlisted for the National Book Award and the Story Prize. A recipient of fellowships from Yaddo and Columbia University, Parsons won the 2020 National Magazine Award for “Foxes,” a story published in The Paris Review. We Were the Universe was a New York Times Editors’ Choice and was a best book of 2024 in Elle, TIME, Oprah Daily, Nylon, Marie Claire, Marie Claire UK, and others. Parsons lives with her partner and children in Portland.