About Aki Westover
Hobbies
When she’s not writing, Aki can be found parenting with her whole heart, drafting contracts, hiking, reading, or helping lost ideas find their way home (aka writing).
Aki loves reading all types of children's literature, fantasy, sci-fi, romance, and classics. Her favorite picture books are Wild Honey from the Moon, The Gruffalo, Where the Wild Things Are, The Very Ugly Bug, and The Very Impatient Caterpillar. Her favorite children's chapter books are: The Wayside School series by Louis Sachar, The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald, A Bad Case of the Giggles by Bruce Lansky, Heidi, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, anything by Roald Dahl, anything by L.M. Montgomery, Goosebumps books, Chronicles of Narnia, The Wizard of Oz series, The Princess and the Goblin, and of course Harry Potter.
Her favorite TV shows are Star Trek and Avatar (the Last Airbender). Her favorite movies are Lady in the Water, Kung Fu Panda, and Studio Ghibli movies. And she loves eating Japanese food.
"Aki" is a nickname given to her by her little brother when he couldn't pronounce her given name--friends and family have called her "Aki" ever since!
Experience and Expertise
Aki graduated from Weber State University with a Bachelor of Science in English / Creative Writing, emphasis in Poetry, in 2012. Aki served as an Academic Editor and later Assistant Editor of the Weber State literary journal, Metaphor, and published several works of poetry in Metaphor and Epiphany.
Aki then attended law school at Brigham Young University from 2013-2016 and served as an editor of the Journal of Public Law and BYU Law Review.