Faced with her father's remarriage, a first-grader stubbornly insists that her dead mother will return soon.
Phyllis Green, the author of sixteen books for young people, was born in Pittsburgh, PA. She taught elementary school in Dormont, PA, and both Newark and Wilmington, DE. She is a graduate of West View High School, Westminster College and the University of Pittsburgh. She studied creative writing with Lawrence Hart at the College of Marin and later, playwriting and scriptwriting at the University of Wisconsin. She won a Best Actress award at Westminster College and was named Best Actress in Delaware. She was a band vocalist in Wilmington, DE, singing for dances in the Gold Ballroom of the Hotel duPont. She is also a playwright with radio plays on Wisconsin Public Radio and performances and readings on Off-Off Broadway in New York City and performances of her one-woman play in Portland, OR. A Pushcart Prize nominee, her short stories, drama and poetry have been published in literary journals (both print and online). For children's books she has won the Maud Hart Lovelace award and the California Young Reader medal. She has won many Spring readings awards from Detroit Working Writers and several awards and a playwright fellowship from the Wisconsin Arts Board. Phyllis is listed in Who's Who in the West, World Who's Who of Women, and Who's Who in America.
Phyllis lives in Oregon with her humorous and charming husband (50 plus years together). They have wonderful children and grandchildren.
