The Official PHYLLIS A. WHITNEY Web site - Welcome visitors from around the world!

Welcome visitors from around the world! For more than 80 years, Phyllis A. Whitney wove her storytelling magic—in her lifetime garnering numerous awards and worldwide acclaim for her books. A winner of the prestigious Grand Master award for lifetime achievement from the Mystery Writers of America, and an author whom the New York Times called the "Queen of the American Gothics," Phyllis A. Whitney remains one of the world's most beloved writers of mystery and suspense.

In memory of Phyllis A. Whitney
Phyllis A. Whitney passed away peacefully on February 8 at the age of 104. Join me in celebrating the life and legacy of our beloved author and friend by signing her memorial book. Also consider making a donation in her memory to The Association of Writers & Writing Programs—an organization dedicated to fostering literary talent and achievement.

Julie Kramer on How Libraries Create Authors
Libraries have always been there for me. I grew up on a corn and cattle farm along a gravel road on the Minnesota Iowa state line. One of my best childhood memories was waiting for the bookmobile to bring me a new Phyllis A. Whitney book... Read more from Julie Kramer about the guidance she drew from Phyllis A. Whitney on her way to becoming a published author.

Phyllis A. Whitney on From Rickshas to a Man on the Moon
I can still remember the warmth of a coal fire, the snow falling gently on a little Japanese pine tree outside our window... Read more from Phyllis A. Whitney about her childhood and the stories that inspired her to become a writer.

The Trembling Hills reissued in paperback
Phyllis A. Whitney's novel from 1956 was reprinted in the United Kingdom as part of the Hodder Great Reads series "celebrating the best and most-loved popular classics of the 20th Century."

Dark-eyed Sara Jerome is bright, passionate and indomitable, but her nights have been tormented since childhood by dreams of a candlelit figure glimpsed in a mirror and a sensation of evil so strong she can barely fight herself awake... Read more about this "best-selling novel of ghosts, forbidden love, ambition and redemption from the Queen of American Gothic Romance."

Interested in San Francisco? Visit some of the locations in The Trembling Hills along with some corresponding excerpts from the book.

Also available in paperback
Two of Phyllis A. Whitney's best-selling novels have been re-released in paperback. Check with your local bookstore or order your copies of Daughter of the Stars and The Singing Stones online.

International best sellers!
Did you know that Phyllis A. Whitney's books have been published in more than thirty countries? Here's the cover of La Grande Secousse -- the French translation of her 1956 novel The Trembling Hills.

"Phyllis A. Whitney is a superb and gifted story teller, and a master of suspense. Her contributions in this genre are legend." — Mary Higgins Clark

"Phyllis Whitney is, and will always be, the Grand Master of her craft." — Barbara Michaels

"Phyllis A. Whitney is a national treasure." — Sharyn McCrumb

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