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'''Ronald L. Smith''' is an American children's book author.
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'''Ronald L. Smith''' is an American children's book author. He won the [[American Library Association]]'s [[Coretta Scott King]]/[[John Steptoe]] Award for New Talent<ref>{{cite web|title=Rita Williams-Garcia, Bryan Collier win 2016 Coretta Scott King Book Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/01/rita-williams-garcia-bryan-collier-win-2016-coretta-scott-king-book-awards|website=News and Press Center|publisher=American Library Association|accessdate=3 September 2017|language=en|date=11 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/11/living/newbery-caldecott-youth-media-awards-2016-feat/index.html|title=Best children's books: 2016 Newbery, Caldecott winners|last=Hetter|first=Katia|date=January 11, 2016|website=CNN|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref> for his first book, ''Hoodoo'' ([[Clarion Books]], 2015), set in the 1930s [[Alabama]].<ref>{{cite news|title=HOODOO by Ronald L. Smith|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ronald-l-smith/hoodoo/|accessdate=3 September 2017|work=Kirkus Reviews|date=May 6, 2015|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Quealy-Gainer|first1=Kate|title=Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith (review)|journal=Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books|date=15 September 2015|volume=69|issue=2|pages=114–114|doi=10.1353/bcc.2015.0714|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/592433/summary|accessdate=3 September 2017|issn=1558-6766}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Children's Book Review: Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith. Clarion, $16.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-544-44525-3|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-544-44525-3|accessdate=3 September 2017|work=Publishers Weekly|date=October 5, 2015|language=en}}</ref> His second book, ''The Mesmerist'' (Clarion Books, 2017), is set in London at the turn of the century.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Quealy-Gainer|first1=Kate|title=The Mesmerist by Ronald L. Smith (review)|journal=Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books|date=29 December 2016|volume=70|issue=5|pages=237–237|doi=10.1353/bcc.2017.0065|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/644053/summary|accessdate=3 September 2017|issn=1558-6766}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=THE MESMERIST by Ronald L. Smith|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ronald-l-smith/the-mesmerist/|accessdate=3 September 2017|work=Kirkus Reviews|date=October 18, 2016|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Children's Book Review: The Mesmerist by Ronald L. Smith. Clarion, $16.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-544-44528-4|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-544-44528-4|accessdate=3 September 2017|work=Publishers Weekly|date=January 16, 2017|language=en}}</ref> Smith's next project is a children's novel for [[Marvel Comics]] featuring Marvel's superhero [[Black Panther (comics)|Black Panther]]. The book is forthcoming in January 2018, just prior to the release of Marvel's [[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther film]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/73033-book-deals-week-of-march-13-2017.html|title=Book Deals: Week of March 13, 2017|last=Deahl|first=Rachel|date=March 10, 2017|work=Publishers Weekly|access-date=2017-09-03|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en}}</ref>

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Smith won the [[American Library Association]]'s [[Coretta Scott King]]/[[John Steptoe]] Award for New Talent<ref>{{cite web|title=Rita Williams-Garcia, Bryan Collier win 2016 Coretta Scott King Book Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/01/rita-williams-garcia-bryan-collier-win-2016-coretta-scott-king-book-awards|website=News and Press Center|publisher=American Library Association|accessdate=3 September 2017|language=en|date=11 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/11/living/newbery-caldecott-youth-media-awards-2016-feat/index.html|title=Best children's books: 2016 Newbery, Caldecott winners|last=Hetter|first=Katia|date=January 11, 2016|website=CNN|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref> for his first book, ''Hoodoo'' ([[Clarion Books]], 2015), set in the 1930s [[Alabama]].<ref>{{cite news|title=HOODOO by Ronald L. Smith|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ronald-l-smith/hoodoo/|accessdate=3 September 2017|work=Kirkus Reviews|date=May 6, 2015|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Quealy-Gainer|first1=Kate|title=Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith (review)|journal=Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books|date=15 September 2015|volume=69|issue=2|pages=114–114|doi=10.1353/bcc.2015.0714|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/592433/summary|accessdate=3 September 2017|issn=1558-6766}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Children's Book Review: Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith. Clarion, $16.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-544-44525-3|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-544-44525-3|accessdate=3 September 2017|work=Publishers Weekly|date=October 5, 2015|language=en}}</ref> His second book, ''The Mesmerist'' (Clarion Books, 2017), is set in London at the turn of the century.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Quealy-Gainer|first1=Kate|title=The Mesmerist by Ronald L. Smith (review)|journal=Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books|date=29 December 2016|volume=70|issue=5|pages=237–237|doi=10.1353/bcc.2017.0065|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/644053/summary|accessdate=3 September 2017|issn=1558-6766}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=THE MESMERIST by Ronald L. Smith|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ronald-l-smith/the-mesmerist/|accessdate=3 September 2017|work=Kirkus Reviews|date=October 18, 2016|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Children's Book Review: The Mesmerist by Ronald L. Smith. Clarion, $16.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-544-44528-4|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-544-44528-4|accessdate=3 September 2017|work=Publishers Weekly|date=January 16, 2017|language=en}}</ref> In January 2018, Smith published a children's novel for [[Marvel Comics]] featuring Marvel's superhero [[Black Panther (comics)|Black Panther]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ronald-l-smith/young-prince/|title=THE YOUNG PRINCE From the "Black Panther" series, volume 1 by Ronald L. Smith|last=|first=|date=October 28, 2017|work=Kirkus Reviews|access-date=February 7, 2018|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref> The book, ''Black Panther: The Young Prince'', was released just prior to Marvel's [[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther film]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/73033-book-deals-week-of-march-13-2017.html|title=Book Deals: Week of March 13, 2017|last=Deahl|first=Rachel|date=March 10, 2017|work=Publishers Weekly|access-date=2017-09-03|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en}}</ref>


Smith was born in [[Maine]] to a military family that moved frequently. He worked as a writer in advertising before turning to children's literature.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Danielson|first1=Julie|title=Ronald L. Smith's Magic Touch|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/ronald-l-smiths-magic-touch/|accessdate=3 September 2017|work=Kirkus Reviews|date=October 1, 2015|language=en-us}}</ref>
Smith was born in [[Maine]] to a military family that moved frequently. He worked as a writer in advertising before turning to children's literature.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Danielson|first1=Julie|title=Ronald L. Smith's Magic Touch|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/ronald-l-smiths-magic-touch/|accessdate=3 September 2017|work=Kirkus Reviews|date=October 1, 2015|language=en-us}}</ref>

Revision as of 17:55, 7 February 2018

Ronald L. Smith is an American children's book author.

Smith won the American Library Association's Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent[1][2] for his first book, Hoodoo (Clarion Books, 2015), set in the 1930s Alabama.[3][4][5] His second book, The Mesmerist (Clarion Books, 2017), is set in London at the turn of the century.[6][7][8] In January 2018, Smith published a children's novel for Marvel Comics featuring Marvel's superhero Black Panther.[9] The book, Black Panther: The Young Prince, was released just prior to Marvel's Black Panther film.[10]

Smith was born in Maine to a military family that moved frequently. He worked as a writer in advertising before turning to children's literature.[11]

Smith lives in Baltimore.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Rita Williams-Garcia, Bryan Collier win 2016 Coretta Scott King Book Awards". News and Press Center. American Library Association. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  2. ^ Hetter, Katia (January 11, 2016). "Best children's books: 2016 Newbery, Caldecott winners". CNN. Retrieved 2017-09-03. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ "HOODOO by Ronald L. Smith". Kirkus Reviews. May 6, 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  4. ^ Quealy-Gainer, Kate (15 September 2015). "Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith (review)". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 69 (2): 114–114. doi:10.1353/bcc.2015.0714. ISSN 1558-6766. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Children's Book Review: Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith. Clarion, $16.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-544-44525-3". Publishers Weekly. October 5, 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  6. ^ Quealy-Gainer, Kate (29 December 2016). "The Mesmerist by Ronald L. Smith (review)". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 70 (5): 237–237. doi:10.1353/bcc.2017.0065. ISSN 1558-6766. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  7. ^ "THE MESMERIST by Ronald L. Smith". Kirkus Reviews. October 18, 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Children's Book Review: The Mesmerist by Ronald L. Smith. Clarion, $16.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-544-44528-4". Publishers Weekly. January 16, 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  9. ^ "THE YOUNG PRINCE From the "Black Panther" series, volume 1 by Ronald L. Smith". Kirkus Reviews. October 28, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2018. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  10. ^ Deahl, Rachel (March 10, 2017). "Book Deals: Week of March 13, 2017". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2017-09-03. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  11. ^ Danielson, Julie (October 1, 2015). "Ronald L. Smith's Magic Touch". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  12. ^ Quattlebaum, Mary (October 27, 2015). "'Hoodoo' is a haunting tale from the Alabama woods". Washington Post. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
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