P. E. Pence, Phil and Elaine, are Virginia natives. They moved to Nauvoo, Illinois in October of 2021. Married in 1979, they spent most of those years working hard, holding down a full time job, renovating houses, running an ice cream parlor and a community theater(not all at the same time, but often overlapping) as they raised 8 immensely talented children. They began their storytelling careers at their bedsides. They affectionately refer to them as the Pencelings.