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I was
born Phyllis Ashworth in Oak Park, Il., went to Morton High in Cicero and then
Northwestern. Got married and divorced a couple of times, had three
great kids, then moved to California where my "real" life began.
As a child I read everything I could get
my hands on and I knew then that I wanted to be a writer. But life
got in the way until I reached California and settled down with my third
husband...the perfect one. We lived in the Bay Area for many years,
then moved to the San Diego area for a while, but now live in a beautiful community
in Palm Desert.
Here I write and am active in our
local performing arts club. But mostly I write. I'm a member
of Romance Writers of America as well as Mystery Writers of America and
have recently formed a local writer's group in my community, dedicated to
helping aspiring writers to network.
Among my credits, I have published six short contemporary romance novels: the most recent
being
MASQUERADE from Port Town Publishing, which came out in April 2006.
I have also published a mainstream novel, six other romance novels, including two
from Barbour Books, and two from Kensington Publishing. I was a
finalist in Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart Awards, and my
novel NORTH
BY NORTHEAST, a romantic-suspense, won the San Diego Book Award in
2002.
My non-fiction book, Wall Street on
$20 a Month, was published by John Wiley & Sons, and I have sold many articles to such magazines as MS, Thin World, Savvy,
Fact, Indianapolis, Campus Life, O-T-C Review, South Bay Accent and
others. I have ghost-written three books, one published in the religious
field and two self-published by a businessman client. Finally, I
have had two
radio scripts produced by American Radio Theater. My article, "Two-Part
Harmony," was published in The Writer Magazine. The article,
"Critique Groups, A Writer's Best Friend," appeared in San
Diego Writers Monthly.
I have been on radio and television (for my
non-fiction book), have participated in book signings in stores, plus book
fairs, and have been featured in national and local magazines.
Finally, I am a member of Mensa
and am listed in Who's Who in American Women. Oh, I should
mention that my husband and I have a total of seven
children and twenty-one wonderful grandchildren. But we don't have a lot of
spare time! |