Sherri L. Smith

Sherri L. Smith
Sherri L. Smith
	Photo: K. Mao
Nationality	USA

Sherri L. Smith is an American novelist with many awards. She is also a comic book illustrator. She worked on stop motion animation in films.

Early life

Smith was born in Chicago. She spent most of her life in Staten Island after her parents got divorced. She moved from coast to coast. In New York she attended NYU to get a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film. She also went to San Francisco State University to study Business Administration. She finally graduated from California State University with an M.A. in Creative Writing.

Career

Film

Smith worked on stop motion animation. She worked on Tim Burton’s ‘Mars Attacks!’ She had a three year contract with Disney.

Construction

Smith she moved to Los Angeles. She began to work in a construction company, constructing monsters, aliens, and dead people for movies.

Comics

In Los Angeles, Smith started to work more on her comics. She got a job at Bongo Comics. Then, she started to pursue her dream of writing a novel.

Writing

She is known for writing novels about teenage misfits. Her writing is intricate. Smith has written many novels, including Lucy the Giant, Flygirl, Orleans, The Blossom and the Firefly, Pasadena, Sparrow, and Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet.

Awards

Smith's novels have won a variety of awards. Flygirl was considered by the Washington Post as the best book of 2012. New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age, YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, American Library Association, and many other organizations have given Smith awards for her books.

Books

References

1 2 3 "Children's Corner: Talking with 'Flygirl' author Sherri L. Smith". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
1 2 "About". Sherri L. Smith. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Sherri L. Smith | AdLit". www.adlit.org. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Sherri L. Smith | Faculty and Staff | Hamline University". www.hamline.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
1 2 3 "Houseful Of Black History | Sherri L. Smith - Author". Houseful Of Nicholes. 2020-02-10. Retrieved 2021-12-19.

[:3-1] 1 2 3 "Children's Corner: Talking with 'Flygirl' author Sherri L. Smith". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2021-12-19.

[:0-2] 1 2 "About". Sherri L. Smith. Retrieved 2021-12-16.

[:2-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Sherri L. Smith | AdLit". www.adlit.org. Retrieved 2021-12-16.

[:1-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Sherri L. Smith | Faculty and Staff | Hamline University". www.hamline.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-19.

[:4-5] 1 2 3 "Houseful Of Black History | Sherri L. Smith - Author". Houseful Of Nicholes. 2020-02-10. Retrieved 2021-12-19.