About

 

 

Award-winning author Phyllis Wheeler has done a little bit of many things. After studying English in college she worked for five years as a newspaper reporter. Then she went back to school and became a mechanical engineer working in aerospace for seven years.

During her next career as a homeschool teacher, she created and self-published a computer-programming curriculum (focusing on fun projects for kids) that won many first-place awards. She picked up her childhood goal of writing a children’s book and learned a lot of writing craft. With a friend she operated a small press for five years, winning several awards.

Her debut middle-grade novel published in 2021 and won a Moonbeam Award and an Purple Dragonfly Award. Since then she has been creating a chapter book series, time-travel fantasy adventure for kids 8-11. The first book in this series, The Dog Snatcher, won a Purple Dragonfly Award, and in addition was a finalist for the prestigious Selah Award for Christian Fiction.

Book 2 is out, Book 3 is in the works! Listen to a Nov. 2023 podcast from Ye Olde Dragons Library.

Phyllis is available for school visits. She likes to teach about storytelling to a variety of ages.

She lives in St. Louis with her husband, keeping tabs occasionally on their four grown children. She’s got more to say in this interview.

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