Phyllis Galley Westover’s short stories, essays and articles have
appeared in magazines, newspapers, and six anthologies. Three documentary films
she wrote aired on public television. In 2003, she received Boulevard
Magazine’s fiction award. In 2004 and 2009, respectively, essays of
hers were finalists for the Iowa Award in Literary Nonfiction and the Salem
College International Literary Awards. Sold
to the Highest Bidder is her first children’s book.
For 10 years she was
humanities editor and columnist for Potpourri Literary Magazine. For 24 years she taught English and directed adult degree programs at Oklahoma
City University and Baker University where she was Associate Dean of the University
for Graduate and Continuing Studies. Previously, she taught fifth grade in Long Beach and Fremont, California, and English as a foreign language in South Vietnam with International Voluntary Services. She holds a B.A. in Education from
the University of Alabama, an M.A. in English/Creative Writing from San
Francisco State University, and a two-part Ph.D. in the Interrelationship of
the Arts and Liberal Arts Competency-Based Degree Programs from the Union Institute
and University.
She lives
in Mission, Kansas, where she writes and works with nonprofit organizations. She is a member of The Writers Place where she formerly served on the Board.
