Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (born January 4, 1933, Anderson, Idaho) is an American author best known for her children's-novel trilogy Shiloh (a 1992 Newbery Medal winner), Shiloh Season and Saving Shiloh, all made into movies. She is also known for her "Alice" book series; the short story collection The Galloping Goat and Other Stories; and a series of books, starting with The Boys Start the War, about boys and girls pulling pranks on each other. She has occasinally used the pseudonyms P.R. Tedesco, Dean Reynolds and Deanne Reynolds.

Naylor published her first story at age 16, in a church magazine. She went on to receive a psychology degree from American University, and then worked as a clinical secretary, a teacher, an editor and a clinical psychologist at Joliet Junior College. She and her husband have two sons. Her hobbies include swimming and playing the piano.

References

• A Brief Biography of Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Newbery Medal winners | Living people | 1933 births