[citation needed] Phiri has written both fiction and non-fiction books in English, and in two of Zimbabwe's local languages, chiShona and isiNdebele.

A book on Destiny that deals with a subject that is viewed as taboo in Zimbabwe - Hermaphrodites (LGBTI community) and their everyday reality.

[7] A book that touches on the daily global challenges of unemployment, poverty, crime, health, education, and economics from a woman's perspective.

[citation needed] Phiri's writings have been used for academic university purposes in Zimbabwe and the world over for research as well for Doctorates.

That gave Virginia Phiri an opportunity to interact with students and discuss Desperate at length.University of Zimbabwe Department of English in its courses.

In 2014, German publisher Peter Hammer Veerlag commissioned her to contribute to the book Visionare Afrikas[10] on the first black African woman Nobel Peace Prize winner, Professor Wangari Maathai.

Phiri went into self-publishing following encouragement by the late University of Zimbabwe lecturer Dr Xavier Carelse, who noted that she had struggled to have her book Desperate published due to the taboo issue of sex work.