Phyllis Smallman is an award-winning crime fiction author best known for her Sherri Travis mystery series. Her debut novel, "Margarita Nights," won the inaugural Unhanged Arthur Award from the Crime Writers of Canada and was shortlisted for the UK's Debut Dagger and the US's Malice Domestic Award. The series, which includes titles like "Champagne for Buzzards" and "Highball Exit," earned recognition from the Florida Writers Association and the Independent Publisher Book Awards. Good Morning America selected the Sherri Travis series as one of six recommended summer reads.
Smallman's writing blends suspense with vivid settings, often drawing from her experiences in Florida and British Columbia. Her standalone novel, "Long Gone Man," received the Independent Publisher's IPPY Gold Award for best mystery/thriller in 2014. Before becoming a novelist, she worked as a potter, a background that occasionally influences her creative process. Her short fiction has appeared in publications such as Spinetingler Magazine and Omni Mystery Magazine.
Now residing between Florida's Gulf Coast and Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, Smallman continues to write crime fiction. Her works are celebrated for their sharp wit, engaging plots, and memorable characters, solidifying her reputation in the genre.