Grant Overstake grew up in the Kansas farm country he depicts in Maggie Vaults Over the Moon. He began his journalism career at The Wichita Eagle and graduated from the University of Kansas, where he won the William Randolph Hearst Award.Maggie Vaults Over the Moon was endorsed by Christine Brennan, the bestselling author of Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports, USA Today sports columnist, and leading voice for Title IX. The novel was named one of the best track-and-field novels of all time by CITIUS Mag. The Second Edition (Grain Valley Publishing, 2021) features a foreword by Olympic Champion Katerina Stefanidi, chapter questions by Dr. Melissa I. White, and audiobook narration by Audie and Emmy Award-winning Tavia Gilbert.Grant's second novel, The Real Education of TJ Crowley, won Best Book and Best Design from the Kansas Authors Association. Its full-cast audio drama adaption won the 2025 Audie Award for Best YA Audiobook, an IPPY, and the AudioFile Earphones Award.