Characters from the Alice series

Comment:

Hi! I’m a huge fan of your Alice books and had a quick question- are Alice, Elizabeth or Pamela based off of yourself or anyone you know/knew in real life? Thank you so much for taking the time to read this!

Phyllis replied:

Both.  Some happened to me, some happened to friends, but mostly I just imagined what would happen next.  Falling down the stairs on her first day of high school happened to my mother back in 1914!   Playing Tarzan with my boyfriend happened to me in fourth grade….