DEBBIE PHILIPS

Author of:
The Wampus Cat: A Tidal River Tale
The Trip to Blackbeard Island: Another Tidal River Tale

Debbie Philips is an educator in a school district in South Carolina. She has been in education for 18 years and has certifications in four areas. She and her husband have lived in the Summerville area for almost 30 years. They are privileged to have two children and five grandchildren. Debbie has enjoyed the coastal environments of Georgia and South Carolina since her youth. She is a hiker with an abiding love for the barrier islands, teeming marshes and winding tidal rivers of the southeast.

As a support services teacher, she has exposure to multiple grade level standards. This affords her an understanding of teachers’ need to have access to cross-curricular material that will address academic standards in varied and engaging ways. She hopes to create a series of “tidal river tales” in a coastal setting that serve that purpose.

Her husband, Charles Philips, wrote his Master’s thesis on the South Carolina explorer Dr. Henry Woodward. Together they have completed the first of three historical fiction pieces for a target audience of 3rd-5th grade students and a readability of about 4th grade. The book chronicles the early adventures of Dr. Woodward as he begins the exploration of South Carolina. It is especially relevant to coastal history and fits a unique niche due to its alignment with several of the South Carolina, Georgia and Florida curriculum standards for 3rd and 4th grade Social Studies. It is historically accurate. It is currently in submission to another publisher.

Visit her blog at http://tidalrivertale.blogspot.com/

Visit her website at http://www.tidalrivertales.com