Steven Bohls lived in Utah, Idaho, Georgia, and Washington while growing up. He served an LDS mission in Mongolia, where he learned to speak arguably the coolest-sounding language around and defeat every opponent in LDS "I ate gross food on my mission" bingo. He attended Brigham Young University, graduating in 2013 with a wife and a daughter. He got another daughter along the way, followed a few years later by a divorce. The latter was not in his original life plan, naturally. He added a master's degree in business to his degree collection and has no intention of ever using it. Steven spends his days thinking of stories and trying to decide the best way to install a stained glass ceiling in his future castle. He's also excellent at video games, Magic the Gathering, and proving to Jackie that yes, you can paint intentional rust spots on a refrigerator and have them stick, just like you can artistically Dremel right into the drywall and have it turn out fabulously.
Jackie Bohls was raised in Roosevelt, Utah, amidst the cows and aliens of the Uintah Basin. She graduated from high school in 2005 and headed off to Brigham Young University in Provo. While there, she double majored in journalism and history and minored in political science and editing. After working for five years at the Deseret News, she added a master's degree and a third minor to her educational collection (M.Ed and English) and made a career change to teaching. She taught at Mountain View High School in Orem, Utah, from 2015-2020, before retiring to write alongside Steven and raise her kids. She and Steven met and married in 2017, which resulted in one class of 10th graders sliding through Term 2 with minimal essay grading effort right at the height of wedding planning. You're welcome, kids.
Scarlett Bohls is 11 years old and ready to be even older. She graduated from sixth grade this year. She currently obsesses over the things a soon-to-be-sixth-grader normally obsesses over — Among Us, Disney's Descendants, Disney's Zombies, YouTuber Moriah Elizabeth, Studio C, riding her bike, making money at lemonade stands and then immediately spending it, etc. — and a few things that a soon-to-be-seventh-grader doesn't normally obsess over — Cuphead, the Broadway Newsies soundtrack, and avoiding scary movies at all costs.
Olivia Bohls wants to be an author. Unless she's feeling like being a gymnast that day. Or a professional YouTuber. Or a rock star. Either way, she'll probably get distracted by being a very bad goose in Untitled Goose Game (the first video game she ever defeated single-handedly) and playing with tiny figurines and scary-looking L.O.L. dolls instead. She has a wicked imagination, embraces her 9-year-old dark sense of humor, and lives up to her Pottermore identity as a Slytherin in every way. Unlike her sister, she likes scary movies.
Jack Apollo Bohls is named after his great-grandfather, Jack Notestine, and the coolest space program in history (thus far). He's also a baby, so he doesn't do much right now other than squeak for food and smile at the air behind you. Creepy.
Icarus Bohls is a punk. She sits down statue-still at the sight of any incoming dog, which makes dog owners coo with delight at her excellent behavior, but it's actually just her assuming the kill position. She will try to eat any dog that is smaller than her, or any dog that is bigger than her but just fluffy or happy enough to signal weakness. She is beautiful and she knows it, and like any Shiba, is obsessed with food and ignoring everything she is told to do.
Jackie Bohls was raised in Roosevelt, Utah, amidst the cows and aliens of the Uintah Basin. She graduated from high school in 2005 and headed off to Brigham Young University in Provo. While there, she double majored in journalism and history and minored in political science and editing. After working for five years at the Deseret News, she added a master's degree and a third minor to her educational collection (M.Ed and English) and made a career change to teaching. She taught at Mountain View High School in Orem, Utah, from 2015-2020, before retiring to write alongside Steven and raise her kids. She and Steven met and married in 2017, which resulted in one class of 10th graders sliding through Term 2 with minimal essay grading effort right at the height of wedding planning. You're welcome, kids.
Scarlett Bohls is 11 years old and ready to be even older. She graduated from sixth grade this year. She currently obsesses over the things a soon-to-be-sixth-grader normally obsesses over — Among Us, Disney's Descendants, Disney's Zombies, YouTuber Moriah Elizabeth, Studio C, riding her bike, making money at lemonade stands and then immediately spending it, etc. — and a few things that a soon-to-be-seventh-grader doesn't normally obsess over — Cuphead, the Broadway Newsies soundtrack, and avoiding scary movies at all costs.
Olivia Bohls wants to be an author. Unless she's feeling like being a gymnast that day. Or a professional YouTuber. Or a rock star. Either way, she'll probably get distracted by being a very bad goose in Untitled Goose Game (the first video game she ever defeated single-handedly) and playing with tiny figurines and scary-looking L.O.L. dolls instead. She has a wicked imagination, embraces her 9-year-old dark sense of humor, and lives up to her Pottermore identity as a Slytherin in every way. Unlike her sister, she likes scary movies.
Jack Apollo Bohls is named after his great-grandfather, Jack Notestine, and the coolest space program in history (thus far). He's also a baby, so he doesn't do much right now other than squeak for food and smile at the air behind you. Creepy.
Icarus Bohls is a punk. She sits down statue-still at the sight of any incoming dog, which makes dog owners coo with delight at her excellent behavior, but it's actually just her assuming the kill position. She will try to eat any dog that is smaller than her, or any dog that is bigger than her but just fluffy or happy enough to signal weakness. She is beautiful and she knows it, and like any Shiba, is obsessed with food and ignoring everything she is told to do.