Philana Marie Boles

Boles graduated from St. Ursula Academy in Toledo, Ohio in 1994 and studied creative writing and theatre at Bowling Green State University.

She has worked for Glamour magazine, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, and Toledo Free Press.

She has also worked as a long-term substitute teacher for public and community schools.

Critics compared Boles' writing in Little Divas to the works of Judy Blume and Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.

[1] Sybil Wilkes of the Tom Joyner Morning Show twice featured Little Divas as a recommended book for youth.