Phyllis
Theroux is an essayist, columnist, teacher and author. Born in San
Francisco, California, she is the critically acclaimed author of California and Other States of Grace, a memoir, two collections of essays, Peripheral Visions and Nightlights: Bedtime Stories for Parents in the Dark and an anthology, The Book of Eulogies. Her first children’s book, Serefina Under the Circumstances, was published by Greenwillow Press. In 2002 a novella, Giovanni’s Light, was published at Christmas. Her newest book, The Journal Keeper: A Memoir, was published by Grove Atlantic in March 2010.
A contributing essayist on the Newshour with Jim Lehrer from 1992 – 1996, her columns, op-ed pieces, reviews and feature stories have appeared in various newspapers including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, and The International Herald Tribune. In the 1970’s she was a frequent contributor to the “Hers” column in The New York Times. In the l980’s, she was a monthly columnist for Parents Magazine. In the l990’s she wrote a monthly column for House Beautiful. Her essays continue to be anthologized in numerous collections.
