Press Kit
Short bio:
Phyllis Wheeler writes Christian time-travel stories with a bit of fantasy thrown in. Her popular award-winning books for kids feature strong families and a moral compass.
Phyllis set a goal at age 13 to write a children’s book, a journey with lots of detours that took many years. She’s written for daily newspapers, worked on airplanes as a mechanical engineer, and raised four children, doing some homeschooling along the way. Get a free short story at her website, PhyllisWheeler.com
Long bio:
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 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 two awards. Her next project, the Guardians of Time chapter book series, is under way. Books 1 and 2 were named finalist for the prestigious Selah Award for Christian Fiction.
Phyllis lives in St. Louis with her husband, keeping tabs occasionally on their four grown children. Get the Guardians of Time prequel short story when you sign up for her newsletter at https://www.phylliswheeler.com .
