Mosetta M. Penick Phillips-Cermak, Ph.D., lives with her three dogs in Ohio. Dr. Penick Phillips-Cermak is a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, from a family of educators, she is a retired psychotherapist/counselor and a teacher of many years. Over the years, she has taught everything from kindergarten through teacher education. At the college and University level, she was an instructor in English, psychology, and sociology. Mosetta’s first micro-short story was published in the local newspaper when, at the age of ten, she won first prize in a creative writing contest. In college, her literary essays and short stories were published in the college’s literary magazine, The Spectrum.
A woman with a myriad of talents, she performed as both an instrumentalist and vocalist, played the piano and flute, and taught chorus and both instruments.  Now that she has retired, she has added the guitar to her repertoire.
She was also a dog trainer who trained and certified Handicap Assistant Dogs.
A relatively well-known speaker in the Cleveland area, this writer has presented more than a dozen papers and workshops throughout the State of Ohio.
A minister ordained in 1980, she states that her main strength resides in her absolute faith and tenacity, a desire to know all that is knowable, a love of research, and the ability to consistently identify the truth of any subject matter.
She has attended numerous writers’ workshops and has been active in a critique group for almost twenty years.
Dr. Mosetta writes under a pseudonym, which she refuses to share. “This way, I can write with complete abandon for my more adult readers,” she said. She has completed several other books and children’s interactive picture books to teach educational concepts, and her first middle-grade children’s fantasy novel.  Dr. Mosetta’s latest endeavor is a fantasy novel co-authored with her sister, Davinna K. Wilberg.