Lyda Phillips

Lyda Phillips is an award-winning journalist, novelist and screenwriter.

As a reporter for daily and weekly newspapers and United Press International, she covered business and politics in Connecticut, New York, New Hampshire, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C. As a UPI Treasury beat reporter, she covered the collapse of the savings and loan industry in the late 1980s and as a reporter/editor for the Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) she covered the Financial Accounting Standards Board in 2008 as the entire financial industry began to unravel.

She has also written on everything from whales and border collies to workers compensation reform.

She has published two juvenile novels, each of which won awards, and three award-winning screenplays.

In addition to her reporting career, Lyda Phillips has also worked in politics, public relations, and as a pollster.