Commire, Anne, ed. Something About the Author. Vol. 66. Detroit: Gale Research, 1991. An extensive article detailing Naylor's life and work.

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Crazy Love: An Autobiographical Account of Marriage and Madness. New York: Morrow, 1977. An account of the mental illness of her first husband.

——. How I Came to Be a Writer. New York: Atheneum, 1978. An autobiographical account of Naylor's interest in writing.

Naylor, Rex. "Phyllis Reynolds Naylor." Horn Book (July/August 1992): 412. A personal look at the life of Phyllis Reynolds Naylor by her husband, Rex Naylor.