diff --git a/parquet-variant-compute/src/cast_to_variant.rs b/parquet-variant-compute/src/cast_to_variant.rs
index 874b734466cb..bce3a427a0f9 100644
--- a/parquet-variant-compute/src/cast_to_variant.rs
+++ b/parquet-variant-compute/src/cast_to_variant.rs
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ macro_rules! primitive_conversion {
 }
 
 /// Convert the input array to a `VariantArray` row by row, using `method`
-/// to downcast the generic array to a specific array type and `cast_fn`
-/// to transform each element to a type compatible with Variant
-macro_rules! cast_conversion {
+/// requiring a generic type to downcast the generic array to a specific
+/// array type and `cast_fn` to transform each element to a type compatible with Variant
+macro_rules! generic_conversion {
     ($t:ty, $method:ident, $cast_fn:expr, $input:expr, $builder:expr) => {{
         let array = $input.$method::<$t>();
         for i in 0..array.len() {
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ macro_rules! cast_conversion {
     }};
 }
 
-macro_rules! cast_conversion_nongeneric {
+/// Convert the input array to a `VariantArray` row by row, using `method`
+/// not requiring a generic type to downcast the generic array to a specific
+/// array type and `cast_fn` to transform each element to a type compatible with Variant
+macro_rules! non_generic_conversion {
     ($method:ident, $cast_fn:expr, $input:expr, $builder:expr) => {{
         let array = $input.$method();
         for i in 0..array.len() {
@@ -126,14 +129,18 @@ pub fn cast_to_variant(input: &dyn Array) -> Result<VariantArray, ArrowError> {
     let input_type = input.data_type();
     // todo: handle other types like Boolean, Strings, Date, Timestamp, etc.
     match input_type {
+        DataType::Boolean => {
+            non_generic_conversion!(as_boolean, |v| v, input, builder);
+        }
+
         DataType::Binary => {
-            cast_conversion!(BinaryType, as_bytes, |v| v, input, builder);
+            generic_conversion!(BinaryType, as_bytes, |v| v, input, builder);
         }
         DataType::LargeBinary => {
-            cast_conversion!(LargeBinaryType, as_bytes, |v| v, input, builder);
+            generic_conversion!(LargeBinaryType, as_bytes, |v| v, input, builder);
         }
         DataType::BinaryView => {
-            cast_conversion!(BinaryViewType, as_byte_view, |v| v, input, builder);
+            generic_conversion!(BinaryViewType, as_byte_view, |v| v, input, builder);
         }
         DataType::Int8 => {
             primitive_conversion!(Int8Type, input, builder);
@@ -160,7 +167,7 @@ pub fn cast_to_variant(input: &dyn Array) -> Result<VariantArray, ArrowError> {
             primitive_conversion!(UInt64Type, input, builder);
         }
         DataType::Float16 => {
-            cast_conversion!(
+            generic_conversion!(
                 Float16Type,
                 as_primitive,
                 |v: f16| -> f32 { v.into() },
@@ -175,7 +182,7 @@ pub fn cast_to_variant(input: &dyn Array) -> Result<VariantArray, ArrowError> {
             primitive_conversion!(Float64Type, input, builder);
         }
         DataType::Decimal32(_, scale) => {
-            cast_conversion!(
+            generic_conversion!(
                 Decimal32Type,
                 as_primitive,
                 |v| decimal_to_variant_decimal!(v, scale, i32, VariantDecimal4),
@@ -184,7 +191,7 @@ pub fn cast_to_variant(input: &dyn Array) -> Result<VariantArray, ArrowError> {
             );
         }
         DataType::Decimal64(_, scale) => {
-            cast_conversion!(
+            generic_conversion!(
                 Decimal64Type,
                 as_primitive,
                 |v| decimal_to_variant_decimal!(v, scale, i64, VariantDecimal8),
@@ -193,7 +200,7 @@ pub fn cast_to_variant(input: &dyn Array) -> Result<VariantArray, ArrowError> {
             );
         }
         DataType::Decimal128(_, scale) => {
-            cast_conversion!(
+            generic_conversion!(
                 Decimal128Type,
                 as_primitive,
                 |v| decimal_to_variant_decimal!(v, scale, i128, VariantDecimal16),
@@ -202,7 +209,7 @@ pub fn cast_to_variant(input: &dyn Array) -> Result<VariantArray, ArrowError> {
             );
         }
         DataType::Decimal256(_, scale) => {
-            cast_conversion!(
+            generic_conversion!(
                 Decimal256Type,
                 as_primitive,
                 |v: i256| {
@@ -220,7 +227,7 @@ pub fn cast_to_variant(input: &dyn Array) -> Result<VariantArray, ArrowError> {
             );
         }
         DataType::FixedSizeBinary(_) => {
-            cast_conversion_nongeneric!(as_fixed_size_binary, |v| v, input, builder);
+            non_generic_conversion!(as_fixed_size_binary, |v| v, input, builder);
         }
         dt => {
             return Err(ArrowError::CastError(format!(
@@ -239,7 +246,7 @@ pub fn cast_to_variant(input: &dyn Array) -> Result<VariantArray, ArrowError> {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use arrow::array::{
-        ArrayRef, Decimal128Array, Decimal256Array, Decimal32Array, Decimal64Array,
+        ArrayRef, BooleanArray, Decimal128Array, Decimal256Array, Decimal32Array, Decimal64Array,
         FixedSizeBinaryBuilder, Float16Array, Float32Array, Float64Array, GenericByteBuilder,
         GenericByteViewBuilder, Int16Array, Int32Array, Int64Array, Int8Array, UInt16Array,
         UInt32Array, UInt64Array, UInt8Array,
@@ -340,6 +347,18 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_cast_to_variant_bool() {
+        run_test(
+            Arc::new(BooleanArray::from(vec![Some(true), None, Some(false)])),
+            vec![
+                Some(Variant::BooleanTrue),
+                None,
+                Some(Variant::BooleanFalse),
+            ],
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_cast_to_variant_int8() {
         run_test(