Sherri L. Smith
Sherri L. Smith is an American novelist with many awards.[1][2] She is also a comic book illustrator.[2] She worked on stop motion animation in films.[3]
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Early life
Smith was born in Chicago.[4][5] She spent most of her life in Staten Island after her parents got divorced. She moved from coast to coast.[4][5] In New York she attended NYU to get a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film.[4] She also went to San Francisco State University to study Business Administration.[4] She finally graduated from California State University with an M.A. in Creative Writing.[4]
Career
Film
Smith worked on stop motion animation.[3] She worked on Tim Burton’s ‘Mars Attacks!’[3][5] She had a three year contract with Disney.[1][3]
Construction
Smith she moved to Los Angeles. She began to work in a construction company, constructing monsters, aliens, and dead people for movies.[4]
Comics
In Los Angeles, Smith started to work more on her comics. She got a job at Bongo Comics.[3] Then, she started to pursue her dream of writing a novel.
Writing
She is known for writing novels about teenage misfits.[3] Her writing is intricate.[3] Smith has written many novels, including Lucy the Giant, Flygirl, Orleans, The Blossom and the Firefly, Pasadena, Sparrow, and Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet.[1]
Awards
Smith's novels have won a variety of awards. Flygirl was considered by the Washington Post as the best book of 2012.[3] 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.[4]
Books
Sherri L. Smith Media
Smith at the 2024 WonderCon
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Children's Corner: Talking with 'Flygirl' author Sherri L. Smith". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "About". Sherri L. Smith. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 "Sherri L. Smith | AdLit". www.adlit.org. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "Sherri L. Smith | Faculty and Staff | Hamline University". www.hamline.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Houseful Of Black History | Sherri L. Smith - Author". Houseful Of Nicholes. 2020-02-10. Retrieved 2021-12-19.