Phyllis R. Fenner (October 24, 1899 – February 26, 1982) was an American librarian, writer, anthologist, and storyteller.

[4] She graduated from Almond High School,[2] from Mount Holyoke College in 1921, and she received a degree in library science from Columbia University in 1934.

[2] Fenner worked in Brooklyn at Loeser's Department Store, in Connecticut as a social caseworker, and in Virginia as a private school teacher.

She did this through storytelling, giving talks, using games to encourage participation, leading various clubs, and making the library a comfortable place to visit.

[2] She also published 34 young adult anthologies, including There Was a Horse, Stories from Folklore (1941), which was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for its quality illustrations.