Meet Kira

Kira Parris-Moore
Author & Mental Health Advocate


Kira Parris-Moore is a licensed family therapist who is the author of several children’s books; Trey the Chef, Suzy the Dressmaker, Carrie the Photographer, among many others. She began her publishing company, Books2Inspire on May 23rd of 2019. Her purpose of creating this company was to create a mental health education series for children to identify signs of mental health symptoms in themselves, gain a greater awareness about those that may be different from themselves, and raise their emotional intelligence. She also includes activities in each of her books to offer talking points for parents and children to discuss to start a conversation on mental health or activities for the child to practice on their own to help with emotional regulation.

Kira is an author who resides in Durham, NC with her husband and two sons, Trey and Kameron. She has worked in the mental health field for 22 years with children and adolescents, hoping to bring about change in their lives by intervening after childhood trauma has occurred. Her hope and purpose from writing her books is to reinforce resiliency in children and to help them build their own inner resources to offer early intervention in mental health and a better prognosis/outcome. Kira believes that a growth mindset is the best way for children to become successful human beings and “win at life” despite any barriers they face.

You can shop for her children’s books on her website at
books2inspire.com/shop. She also has a blog there, where she includes mental health resources.

Meet Kira

Kira Parris-Moore
Author & Mental Health Advocate

Kira Parris-Moore is a licensed family therapist who is the author of several children’s books; Trey the Chef, Suzy the Dressmaker, Carrie the Photographer, among many others. She began her publishing company, Books2Inspire on May 23rd of 2019. Her purpose of creating this company was to create a mental health education series for children to identify signs of mental health symptoms in themselves, gain a greater awareness about those that may be different from themselves, and raise their emotional intelligence. She also includes activities in each of her books to offer talking points for parents and children to discuss to start a conversation on mental health or activities for the child to practice on their own to help with emotional regulation.

Kira is an author who resides in Durham, NC with her husband and two sons, Trey and Kameron. She has worked in the mental health field for 22 years with children and adolescents, hoping to bring about change in their lives by intervening after childhood trauma has occurred. Her hope and purpose from writing her books is to reinforce resiliency in children and to help them build their own inner resources to offer early intervention in mental health and a better prognosis/outcome. Kira believes that a growth mindset is the best way for children to become successful human beings and “win at life” despite any barriers they face.

You can shop for her children’s books on her website at
books2inspire.com/shop. She also has a blog there, where she includes mental health resources.