About the Author

Matt R. Parker

Author of "Particles of Joy".

Matt Parker is a memoirist, storyteller, and multi-disciplinary creator whose work explores the intimate intersections of memory, identity, resilience, and love. His debut memoir, Particles of Joy, offers a raw and deeply human portrait of growing up with a mother shaped by both fierce love and the storms of bipolar disorder. Through striking, luminous scenes, Matt brings readers into a world defined by tenderness, unpredictability, and the small emotional particles that continue to shape a life long after childhood.

A lifelong observer and creative at heart, Matt has worked across a diverse range of fields?from magazine editing and technical analysis to usability design and community-centered projects. His journey has been marked by reinvention, curiosity, and a relentless desire to understand what makes people tick. These experiences inform the emotional honesty and clarity of his writing.

He currently lives with his beloved Chiweenie muse, Lucy, who keeps him company as he writes, revises, and dreams up what's next.

Particles of Joy is his first published book?an emotional landmark and the beginning of a growing body of work rooted in heart, honesty, and transformation.