Phyllis Perry grew up in the foothills of northern California and attended the University of California at Berkeley. She writes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for both adults and young readers. After having taught school for a number of years,she wrote a series of mysteries to help students increase their library skills while having fun reading about Fribble Mouse and his adventures.For students in priarmy grades she wrote: Mr. Crumb's Secret, The Secret of the Silver Key, The Secrets of the Rock, and The Secrets of the Sea Chest. For students in grades 3-5,she wrote The Case of the Hidden Masterpiece and The Case of the Three-Legged Buffalo. These mysteries for slighly older elementary grade students also teach library skills in research.For teachers of secondary students, she wrote Teaching the Fantasy Novel. After moving to Colorado, Phjyllis and her husband often visited Rocky Mountain National Park. This led to her writing It Happened in Rocky Mountain National Park and Albums of American: Rocky Mountain National Park for which she searched park archives for historic photos to include in the book. Her newesst book, March 2010, is Pandas' Earthquake Escape, a fiction picture book based on an actual quake in Wolong Province in China. It is illustrated by Susan Detwiler. In 2011, two new books were released. Globe Pequot Published SPEAKING ILL OF THE DEAD: JERKS IN COLORDADO HISTORY, and Red Chair Press pubished STICKS AND STONES: 39 FUN AND SIMPLE GAMES FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
