Makayla Nielson is a fantasy, science-fiction, and short story writer and founder of The Book Crate. Her novel The Voyage of Clara Bowman, co-written with Trenna McMullin, is now available at GameCraft!

She has written short stories for Manawaker Studio's Flash Fiction Podcast, Twisted Tales, Tall Tale TV, Flash Fiction Magazine, Balloons Lit. Journal, Inkpot Literary Magazine, Stance: Studies on the Family, and Collective Tales Publishing.

Makayla was raised in Normal, Illinois and currently resides in Lehi, Utah with her husband and three (almost four!) children. She earned a bachelor's degree in Family Studies emphasizing Human Development, and a Gerontology minor from Brigham Young University, and a master's degree in Gerontology from the University of Utah.

Don't miss out as each month a new Book Crate will become available here at GameCraft!