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Sherri Smith Faculty Profile

Sherri Smith

Graduate Adjunct - CLA
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Sherri L. Smith writes contemporary, speculative, and historical fiction novels, as well as nonfiction and comics.  Her historical novels The Blossom and the Firefly and Flygirl have respectively been awarded the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Golden Kite and California Book Awards Gold Medal.  Sherri’s books appear on multiple state lists and have been named Amelia Bloomer and American Library Association Best Books for Young People selections.  She has worked in film, animation, comic books, construction, and a monster factory, and holds certificates in the Art of Archetypal Fairy Tale Analysis, Enchantivism, and Applied Mythology.  She is a member of the Two Trees Writers’ Collaborative and the founder of Story Forest, a liminal space where writers follow the old tales to find their own paths.  Currently she teaches in the MFA in Children's Writing program at Hamline University.  Learn more at www.sherrilsmith.com 


Visit Sherri's site. │ Instagram: @rhymeswithcapri  │ Twitter: @Sherri_L_Smith

Publications

Young adult

Pearl
Graphix/Scholastic, 2024

American Wings (co-authored by Elizabeth Wein)
G. P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 2024

The Blossom and the Firefly
G. P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 2020

Pasadena
G. P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 2016

Orleans
G. P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 2013

Sparrow
Delacorte Press, 2006

Lucy the Giant
Delacorte Press, 2002

Middle grade

Avatar: The High Ground, Vol. 1
Dark Horse Comics, 2022

Avatar: The High Ground, Vol. 2
Dark Horse Comics, 2022

Avatar: The High Ground, Vol. 3
Dark Horse Comics, 2022

Avatar: The High Ground, Tsu-Tay’s Path
Dark Horse Comics, 2022

What Was Reconstruction (nonfiction, illustrated by Tim Foley)
Penguin Workshop, 2022

What Was the Harlem Renaissance? (nonfiction, illustrated by Tim Foley))
Penguin Workshop, 2021

Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen (nonfiction, illustrated by Jake Murray)
Penguin Workshop, 2018

The Toymaker's Apprentice
G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, 2015

Flygirl
Putnam/Speak Publishing, 2010

Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet
Delacorte Press, 2008

Picture book

My Little Golden Book About Misty Copeland (nonfiction)
Golden Books, 2022