Frédérick S. Parker was adopted at two and a half. For the next twelve years he and his siblings were raised on a small farm in Central Missouri. Apart from a few adult neighbors, they were virtually cut off from civilization. With nothing but his imagination to keep him company, writing was inevitable. But first he was an artist. Noticing that her son had a talent, his mother introduced him to the world of artistry. Hours became years. Home-schooled until the Fall of 2001, Frédérick was eager to sample public school. After just two semesters at a small town middle school, his father took the reins. In late Spring of 2002, he moved the family to Columbia, Missouri. There, the teen bounced between public and home school. After years of isolation, city life was extremely disconcerting. Unaccustomed to social setting, Frédérick found solace in writing. After graduating high school, he spent the next eight years wandering between institutions; Columbia College, the University of Missouri (MU) and the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). He attended class part-time so that he could work and (since French was a big a part of his life growing up) it was the ideal Major. In the Summer of 2012, Frédérick took part in the UMKC Study Abroad program to Lyon, France. The experience was incredibly validating and inspirational. At Columbia College, he Minored in American Sign Language (ASL) while also enrolling in English and Creative Writing courses. He is currently taking a hiatus from college to focus on work.