Phyllis Hiebert Martens was born in Minnesota but grew up in India, the daughter of missionary parents. She returned to a small town in Kansas to attend college. Phyllis has master’s degrees in Eng...view morePhyllis Hiebert Martens was born in Minnesota but grew up in India, the daughter of missionary parents. She returned to a small town in Kansas to attend college. Phyllis has master’s degrees in English and counseling, has taught college English and ESL. She is married to Dr. Elmer Martens. They have four children as well as nine grandchildren who, when they were kids, would on every visit insist on being told a Buzzer Bug story that very night.
She recently published Stories from an Old Town, about life in a Minnesota town many years ago.view less