Meet Wren Harper
Writing the world
I wrote my first book at age seven—complete at a whopping 4 pages, with pirates and a kidnapping. I’ve since honed my craft.
I loved reading aloud to my twins, and now I narrate audiobooks and edit for fellow authors. My articles have appeared in The Mommies Network and National Park Service media. I served as a park ranger and developed Christian programs for children. My mom’s faith equipped me in the Lord for the work and joy of becoming a foster mom. Revising and publishing her middle-grade fantasy gave me the push to write my own book.
Searching the Waves is a memoir chronicling my nomadic upbringing amid mom’s immune disease. I live in the mountains of New Mexico with my family, dogs, and chickens. Libraries remain my favorite places on earth.
I invite you to visit me with the press of any button below!
Searching the Waves
A Memoir
Memories are a wormhole jump. I believed mine were true.
At thirteen, my early impressions were overlaid by questions. Exploring them could lead me home to acceptance—or cut me adrift.
Pa was a nonconformist, and our American pie was served in a soup tureen. Born in a commune, I lived in a van with siblings and fosters. I could skin a snake and sneak into campgrounds for a shower but struggled to eat in public.
Our shifting landscape was darkened by mental illness, immune disease, and loss, but Ma’s storytelling and faith lit our way. We counted on humor and imagination. Everything else had to fit in a Dr. Pepper backpack.
But I was leaving for Africa, and memories travel light.
Submission Info
Author: Wren Harper
Genre: Memoir, coming of age
Word Count: 76K
Comp Titles: Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult, by Michelle Dowd, Destroy This House, by Amanda Uhle, and Solito, by Javier Zamora