J.E. Birk's Vermont settings reflect her idealized hometown

J.E. Birk's Vermont settings reflect her idealized hometown

J.E. Birk, also known as Johanna Parkhurst, writes LGBTQ+ fiction and romance. She is a long-time lover of all types of genre fiction, and serves as director of the MA/MFA Genre Fiction program at Western Colorado University. Raised in Vermont, she now lives in Pueblo and enjoys paddleboarding, skiing, and traveling. SunLit: Tell us this book’s backstory – what’s it about and what inspired you to write it?  J.E. Birk: This entire series (the Dev…