Phyllis M. Newman

Phyllis M. Newman is a native southerner. Born in New Orleans, she spent formative years in Florida, Iowa, Mississippi, and on a dairy farm in Ross County, Ohio. After a career at The Ohio State University, she turned her attention to writing fiction. She published a noir mystery “Kat’s Eye” in 2015; a Gothic mystery “The Vanished Bride of Northfield House” in 2018; a women's adventure thriller "Clearing in the Woods" in 2019; a Gothic mystery "Circle of Darkness" in 2020; a women's literary fiction "Professor Talbot's Wife" in 2022; and the noir mystery "Kat Bird" in 2023. She currently lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband and three perpetually unimpressed cats, ghost watchers all.