Wyeth's fiction was the basis for the first biracial American Girl doll, part of its World By Us collection.
[5] It was there that she started a theater company and began writing romance novels before focusing on books for young readers.
[6] During the 1990s, she wrote several books to include Once on This River, The World of Daughter McGuire, Always My Dad, and The Winning Stroke.
[8] Orphea Proud is one of the many books written by authors who are LGBTQ, women, or people of color to be challenged by local school districts as being inappropriate and considered for banning.
[5] In 2005, Wyeth was a Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature finalist for her book, Orphea Proud.