Sherwood Smith

Sherwood Smith
Born (1951-05-29) May 29, 1951 (age 73)
Glendale, California, U.S.
OccupationAuthor, retired teacher
EducationUniversity of Southern California (BA)
University of California, Santa Barbara (MA)
GenreFantasy, science fiction, historical romance
Website
sherwoodsmith.net

Sherwood Smith (born May 29, 1951) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer for young adults and adults. Smith is a Nebula Award finalist and a longtime writing group organizer and participant.

Smith's works include the YA novel Crown Duel. Smith also collaborated with Dave Trowbridge in writing the Exordium series and with Andre Norton in writing two of the books in the Solar Queen universe.

In 2001, her short story "Mom and Dad at the Home Front" was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story. Smith's children's books have made it on many library Best Books lists. Her Wren's War was an Anne Spencer Lindbergh Honor Book,[1] and it and The Spy Princess were Mythopoeic Fantasy Award finalists.[2] Smith was formerly an officer of the Mythopoeic Society under her birth name, Christine Ione Smith, but prefers "Sherwood" both personally and professionally.

  1. ^ "Previous Winners". The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation. Archived from the original on April 11, 2007. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  2. ^ "Sherwood Smith". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved June 4, 2016.