Nancy Hackett

• PKD's fourth wife who he first met in 1964, when Nancy was 21.
• Stepdaughter of Maren Hackett, friend of PKD who later had an affair with Bishop James A. Pike
• Mother of Isa (Isolde Freya) Hackett (* March 15, 1967)
• Nancy left PKD in 1970

Tessa Busby

• Dick's fifth and last wife. Phil and Tessa, then aged 18, met in July 1972 after Phil had relocated to Fullerton. The two got married in April 1973.
• On July 25 1973 Tessa gave birth to their son Christopher.
• PKD and Tessa seperate in the summer of 1976 which leads to PKDs second unsuccessful suicide attempt, which he retells in VALIS