What is Phyllis Tickle?
{{Infobox person | name = Phyllis Tickle | image = Phyllis Tickle.jpg | alt = | caption = Tickle in October 2009. | birth_name = Phyllis Natalie Alexander | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|05|12}} | birth_place = [[Johnson City, Tennessee|Johnson City]], [[Tennessee]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|09|22|1934|05|12}} | death_place = [[Millington, Tennessee]], U.S. | occupation = Writer, educator | years_active = 1972&ndash;2013 | known_for = | spouse = Samuel Tickle, Sr. {{Small|(m. 1955&ndash;2015; widowed)}} | children = 7 }} '''Phyllis A. Tickle''' (March 12, 1934 &ndash; September 22, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] writer and educator. Her main field was [[spirituality]] and [[religion]] issues. She was best known for writing ''The Divine Hours'' series of books. She was a member of the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] and wrote around forty books. She started off serving as the founding editor of the religion department at ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''. Tickle had been quoted by many different media outlets, including ''[[Newsweek]]'', ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[USA Today]]'', [[CNN]], [[C-SPAN]], [[PBS]], [[The History Channel]], the [[BBC]] and [[VOA]]. Tickle was born in [[Johnson City, Tennessee|Johnson City]], [[Tennessee]]. She married her husband Samuel Tickle, Sr. in 1955. He died on January 2, 2015. They had seven children. Tickle died from [[lung cancer]] on September 22, 2015 in [[Millington, Tennessee]]. She was 81.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/obituaries/Author-religious-scholar-Phyllis-Tickle-dies-at-age-81-328730261.html|title=Author, religious scholar Phyllis Tickle dies at age 81|work=Memphis Commercial Appeal|date=September 22, 2015|access-date=September 23, 2015|archive-date=September 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925214610/http://www.commercialappeal