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Phyllis Tickle
Editor, author and lecturer
Near Memphis, TN

Phyllis Tickle is Contributing Editor in Religion for Publishers Weekly, the international journal of the book industry. Frequently quoted in sources like Newsweek, Time, Life, The New York Times, USA Today, CNN, C-SPAN, PBS, BBC, VOA, etc., Tickle is an authority on religion in America and a much sought after lecturer on the subject.

In addition to lectures and numerous essays, articles, and interviews, Tickle is the author of some two dozen books, most of them in religion and spirituality. The Divine Hours: Prayers for Summertime, the first in a three-volume contemporary manual of prayer, was released by Doubleday in March 2000, followed by The Divine Hours: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime in September 2000. In October 2001, the series was completed with the release of The Divine Hours: Prayers for Spring. Also among Tickle's most current works are The Shaping of a Life - A Spiritual Landscape, a memoir of the life of prayer, released in April 2001 by Doubleday. The Sharing of a Life - A Religious Landscape , a work in progress, is under contract to Doubleday for release in Spring 2004. Other recent works include God-Talk in America , a Spring 1998 alternate selection of BOMC's One Spirit Book Club and Main Selection of The Catholic Book Club; My Father's Prayer: a Remembrance, which won a 1996 "Book of Excellence" Award from Body, Mind and Spirit; and Rediscovering the Sacred:Spirituality in America, which won a 1996 Catholic Press Association Book Award in Spirituality..

Prior to becoming Contributing Editor in Religion at Publishers Weekly, Ms. Tickle was the journal's Religion Editor for four years. She began her career as a college teacher and, for almost ten years, served as academic dean to the Memphis College of Art before entering full time into writing and publishing. In September 1996 she received the Mays Award, one of the book industry's most prestigious awards for lifetime achievement in writing and publishing, and specifically in recognition of her work in gaining mainstream media coverage of religion publishing.

Tickle is a member of the Episcopal Church and served as a Lay Eucharistic Minister and Lay Reader as well as, from time to time, a vestry member and teacher. She serves presently, as she has in the past, on a number of advisory and corporate boards. She is the mother of seven children and, with her physician-husband, makes her home on a small farm in rural West Tennessee.

To learn more go to her website: http://www.phyllistickle.com

Essays

"Today's Church in America" - Part I • January 19, 2003
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"Today's Church in America" - Part II • January 26, 2003
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Everyday Spirituality
The daily practice of ancient religious traditions can help us experience the mystery of God...
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Praying with Your Heart
The Divine Hours