Glenda with husband, Tom, reenacting Oklahoma’s colorful past.

Oklahoma City writer/storyteller Glenda Carlile is primarily known for her interest in Oklahoma women and their place in history. The Oklahoma City author has written four books about Oklahoma women; Buckskin, Calico, and Lace: Oklahoma’s Territorial Women; Petticoats, Politics and Pirouettes: Oklahoma Women from 1900 to 1950; Astronauts, Athletes, and Ambassadors: Oklahoma Women from 1950 to 2007, and co-authored with Bob Burke, Kate Bernard, Oklahoma’s Good Angel.

A former newspaper columnist for The Daily Oklahoman and The Midwest City Sun, her articles have appeared in Oklahoma Today, The Journal of the Western Outlaw History Association, Women’s Front Page News, and The Capitol Hill Beacon.

As an entertainer, Glenda is familiar to audiences across the state, as in period costume she brings to life the exciting stories of Oklahoma women. She was recognized for her knowledge and presentations on Oklahoma women when in 1996, she received an award for the promotion of Oklahoma history from the American Association for State and Local History.

Married to an osteopathic physician, Glenda and her husband, Tom, have three daughters and five grandchildren. She is past national president of the Auxiliary to the American Osteopathic Association.

She recently retired as the executive director for the Oklahoma Center for the Book, an outreach center of the Library of Congress located in the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. The Center’s mission is to promote Oklahoma authors, the state’s literary heritage, and reading for all. She has received the Center’s Distinguished Service Award as well as a 2007 Alumni Hall of Fame award from Oklahoma City Community College.

 Books by Glenda

The Year of the Turnip: A Middle Grade Novel

Buckskin, Calico, & Lace: Oklahoma Territorial Women

Petticoats, Politics, & Pirouettes : Oklahoma Women, 1900-1950

Astronauts, Athletes, & Ambassadors: Oklahoma Women from1950-2007