Her little family moved in with an elderly gentleman, to share his home and care for him. After their first child was born, Aprilynne quit her job. She supported him financially by training waitresses and, later, as the assistant manager of a restaurant. They were married less than five weeks later.Īfter finishing her degree, Aprilynne traveled with Kenny to Provo, Utah, where he pursued an undergraduate degree in Philosophy. Two weeks after he completed his mission, Aprilynne came to visit Kenny at his parents' home in Phoenix, where he proposed on their first real date. Because they were usually unable to communicate via phone or email, they got better acquainted by exchanging letters for 18 months. It was a genuine and, for both parties, somewhat surprising case of love at first sight, but Kenny was transferred away from Lewiston soon after they met. By passing as many as 26 credit hours per semester, Aprilynne completed her BA in Creative Writing, with a minor in Theater, in just three years.Īprilynne met her husband, Kenneth Pike, while he was serving a two year mission for the LDS Church. She worked her way through school as a waitress and the live-in companion of an elderly woman, filling her leisure time playing various roles at the Lewiston Civic Theater, including a starring role as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. She received an academic Foundation Scholarship and a scholarship to run Cross Country at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho.

There she finished high school (and tried to forget the cold by participating in various clubs and electives). Aprilynne lives in Arizona with her husband and four kids.īorn in Salt Lake City, Utah, Aprilynne grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, until as a teenager she moved with her family to Driggs, Idaho. When not writing, Aprilynne can usually be found out running she also enjoys singing, acting, reading and working with pregnant moms as a childbirth educator and doula. At the age of twenty, she received her BA in Creative Writing form Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. Critically acclaimed, #1 New York Times best-selling author Aprilynne Pike has been spinning tales since she was a child with a hyperactive imagination.

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