Your Questions Answered

Need your address

Comment:

A paper/letter I am writing requires your address do you mind telling me?

Phyllis replied:

I have given my address on my website.  Go to www.phyllisnaylor.com   Look on my “News” blog.

Maryland Museum

Comment:

I’m working with a partner named Amirrah Lowe and we’re from North Salisbury. We are doing a research project for our schools Maryland Museum and we picked you for our famous Maryland Author. So we were just wondering if you could answer a few questions.:

#1: What are your parents names?  Eugene and Lura Reynolds

#2: What’s your favorite book out of all your books?   Shiloh

#3: What Elementary School did you go to?  Lincoln, in Anderson, Indiana

#4: Are you from Salisbury or any where else in Maryland?   I’ve lived in  Silver  Spring, Bethesda, and now Gaithersburg

#5: Have you ever gone out of the Country?  Yes–England, Scotland, Spain, Italy, France and Canada

#6: What’s your favorite subject besides reading?  Psychology and  Sociology

#8:  If you were stranded on a desert island, who would you take with you?   Mark Twain, because he would have fascinating stories to tell me.

10th Grade English Book Report

Comment:
In my English class our teacher assigned us to create a book report and relate it to a current event. I chose to do my book report on your book Walker’s Crossing. For a person that doesn’t like to read I fully enjoyed reading this book. I related your book to the events in Charlottesville in mid 2017. I was wondering if you can look over my book report and give me any feedback to improve my writing.
Phyllis replied:

I really wish I could read all the things that people request of me, but it’s all I can do to reach my own book deadlines and answer questions on this blog.  But I’m very happy to hear that you found this book.  It is so relevant to what happened in Charlottesville and is happening in other places in our country.  Best of luck!

Cover Designer of “Boys Against Girls”

Comment:

Hi we are doing a project on boys against girls and need to know who the designer of the cover was. thank you so much.
Phyllis replied:

If you’re referring to the hardcover edition, the illustrator was Joe Csatari and the jacket design was by Chris DiStasio.

Going Where It’s Dark questions

Comment:

I’m a speech therapist in Portland, Oregon. I work with teenagers that stutter and we sometimes read books with characters that stutter. My client and I are almost finished reading “Going Where its Dark.” We are greatly enjoying it and appreciate your novel very much. Past authors we have read have been open to answering questions via email or skype. Would you be willing to consider such contact with us?  Many thanks for your consideration and for bringing awareness about stuttering to a broader community through your wonderful book.

Phyllis replied:

I will call  you at the number you requested.  I’d be happy to answer any questions by email.

Boys/girls battle series

Question:

I know it’s been 11 years since you wrote the last book in the boy/girl battle series but I love this series so much I have some questions. Did The Hartfords and Malloys ever call each other again, did they ever see each other in person again. Even if you are not going to write another book about them, what do you imagine what happened in the future. Also, are you going to write another book with these characters?

 

Phyllis replied:

I sort of imagine that some of those girls will come back to Buckman for college, don’t you?  And that some of those boys will be there?  So anything could happen!  But no, I don’t plan to write any more books in that series right now.  Too many other books waiting to be written, but I’m glad you enjoyed them so much.

The Witch trilogy

Comment:

I’m a 49 year old that still remembers the magic of a sixth grade teacher reading The Witches Sister every day after lunch. It was the first time I ever wanted a book after being exposed to it. The trilogy remains one of my favorites to this day. You so captured being a child of the 70s.
Thanks for the wonderful writing giving me so much joy.
Phyllis replied:

I’m so glad you enjoyed it that much.  Those books were so much spooky fun to write.  Did you realize that there were six books in that series?  The story continued in these three titles:  The Witch’s Eye, Witch Weed, and The  Witch Returns.

School Visits?

Comment:

I am the school librarian  in Sterling,Va and we are looking for an author to visit in Oct.this year, around the 16th. Please let me know if you do visits and what the fees will be.

 

Phyllis replied:

I am deep into the writing of a complicated novel, so am not doing school visits at present.  For a list of local authors and illustrators who do school visits–their fees and all other relevant information–go to the website of the Children’s Book Guild of Washington D.C.

Boys against girls story idea

comment:

No, I’m not asking to write a story for you, but I am a writer myself, and I had an idea for you. I love your Boys against girls books–I sympathize with the Hatfords–and have been reading them for off and on for over a decade. Here’s my pitch: it’s the end of high school and one of the Malloy girls is thinking of going to Buckman College. I think that would most likely be Beth, but you would know best. The whole family decide to come for a visit while looking at the college. It’s the perfect excuse for them to go back, and at sixteen, the book would be cool for teenagers and long-time fans of yours. I don’t have much for what what might happen, but I wanted to put this in your ear. Thank you for your inspiration and excellent stories.

 

Phyllis replied:

I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed that series.  I now have nine 3-ring notebooks, each labeled with a new book title, filled to capacity with notes for nine new books I want to write.  So though I appreciate your idea, I like my other ideas more.

Witch series

Comment:

I have read about Mrs.Tuggle, Lynn, and Mouse since 4th grade. I am now 45 and still read these, have the whole series. They are the best! Would you ever consider more? I know Mrs. Tuggle turned into a cat but could you write another  two or three? These books were so fantastic, cozy, and would love more!

 

Phyllis replied:

I’m delighted to know that you still love them.  I had such a good and creepy time writing them.  But I’m afraid there are just too many other books waiting to be written.    You might also enjoy my book, “Jade  Green:  A ghost Story.”