Phyllis W FravelFravel is a lifelong artist. An accomplished pianist, she played for a variety of northern Virginia churches from the age of twelve, while also indulging a love of watercolor and oil painting. She has enjoyed a passion for writing her entire life. Inthe 1960s and 1970s, while raising five children, she wrote a regular political column for the "Potomac News". Knobbe Cove is her second published novel. Her first novel, Room Board and Murder was published in 2017. Born in Pennsylvania on December 7, 1926, Phyllis Fravel spent her childhood in the row houses of northwestern Washington, D.C. A talented musician, her moth¬er dreamed of her becoming a concert pianist, but World War II redirected her path. Working for the wartime federal government, she met her husband while taking night classes. The two moved briefly to the Shenandoah Valley before settling in Woodbridge, Virginia, to raise their children. Read More Read Less