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S.D. Smith

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Huntington, West Virginia, The United States

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S. D. Smith is the author of The Green Ember Series, a million+ selling adventure saga featuring heroic #RabbitsWithSwords. The Green Ember spent time as the number one bestselling audiobook in the world on Audible. He is also the author of the madcap Mooses with Bazookas: And Other Stories Children Should Never Read as well as the touching throwback adventure, The Found Boys. Finally, he has co-authored two fantasy adventure novels with his son (J. C. Smith), Jack Zulu and the Waylander’s Key and Jack Zulu and the Girl with Golden Wings. Smith’s stories are captivating readers across the globe who are hungry for “new stories with an old soul.”

Though packed with old school virtue and moral imagination, Smith doesn't merely create "safe" sto ...more

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	The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1) by S.D. Smith (Goodreads Author), Zach Franzen (Illustrator) 4.28 avg rating — 18,214 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ember Falls (The Green Ember, #2) by S.D. Smith (Goodreads Author), Zach Franzen (Illustrator) 4.48 avg rating — 8,727 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ember Rising (The Green Ember, #3) by S.D. Smith (Goodreads Author), Zach Franzen (Illustrator) 4.58 avg rating — 7,082 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ember’s End (The Green Ember, #4) by S.D. Smith (Goodreads Author), Zach Franzen (Illustrator) 4.61 avg rating — 6,113 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Star of Kingston (Green Ember: Old Natalia, #1) by S.D. Smith (Goodreads Author), Zach Franzen (Illustrator) 4.29 avg rating — 4,304 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Archer (Green Ember Archer, #1) 4.43 avg rating — 3,367 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The First Fowler (Green Ember Archer, #2) 4.45 avg rating — 2,132 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wreck and Rise of Whitson Mariner (Green Ember: Old Natalia, #2) by S.D. Smith (Goodreads Author), Zach Franzen (Illustrator) 4.43 avg rating — 2,039 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Archer's Cup (Green Ember Archer, #3) 4.51 avg rating — 1,599 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prince Lander and the Dragon War (Green Ember: Old Natalia, #3) by S.D. Smith (Goodreads Author), Zach Franzen (Illustrator) 4.56 avg rating — 1,111 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Green Ember (4 books)
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Zach Franzen (Illustrator)

4.42 avg rating — 51,528 ratings

Green Ember: Old Natalia Book (3 books)
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Zach Franzen (Illustrator)

4.37 avg rating — 7,453 ratings

Green Ember Archer (3 books)
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4.45 avg rating — 7,096 ratings

Jack Zulu (2 books)
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S.D. Smith (Goodreads Author),

J.C. Smith

4.25 avg rating — 850 ratings

Green Ember Lost Tales (1 book)
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4.40 avg rating — 327 ratings

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S.D. Smith wrote a new blog post Play Green Ember \| Videogame Demo Green Ember: Helmer in the Dragon Tomb production is moving right along and we’re happy to announce that a FREE demo version of the video game is avai Read more of this blog post »
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S.D. Smith answered Nora's question: Hi mr smith! Your books are SOOOO awesome! After the main series which one read next: Black star or the last archer? Thank u so much!!!! Whichever you like! I'd do the Archer, then the Old Natalia.
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S.D. Smith rated a book it was amazing The Lost Key (Green Ember Lost Tales #1) by S.D. Smith (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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S.D. Smith rated a book it was amazing Team Burger Shed by Tavin Dillard	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Hysterical. Tavin is super funny and lovable. Top fella. Top book!
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S.D. Smith and 4 other people liked Tim Lewis's review of Mooses with Bazookas: And Other Stories Children Should Never Read: "Welp, I finally finished reading Mooses with Bazookas: And Other Stories Children Should Never Read. I could use the excuse that I didn’t read it quickly because I only received parts of it periodically from pages floating in jugs sent from a deserted" Read more of this review »
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S.D. Smith and 15 other people liked Rhys-Marie's review of Mooses with Bazookas: And Other Stories Children Should Never Read: "Yes, I stayed up until midnight finishing this book, which tells you just how enjoyable I found this book. The stories were funny, and I loved reading the letters of Wally Warmbottom. The book titles, RainforestEmpire.com, and Barry the Moose were al" Read more of this review »
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S.D. Smith and 9 other people liked Val Emhof 's review of Mooses with Bazookas: And Other Stories Children Should Never Read: "Ridiculous and hilarious. Stories you don’t want to stop reading just because you wonder what other crazy and weird thing can happen next. The 12-year-old laughed out loud the whole time he read this book (who said pre-teens were hard to entertain?!)" Read more of this review »
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S.D. Smith made a comment on E. Runyan’s review of Mooses with Bazookas: And Other Stories Children Should Never Read " She gets it. "
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S.D. Smith rated a book it was amazing Fuzzy Logic 2: How to Keep Thinking Like a Veterinarian by J. Aaron Gruben (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Really wonderful. My 11 year old can't get enough of these Fuzzy Logic books. Fun and educational and captivating! ...more
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S.D. Smith made a comment on his review of Fuzzy Logic: Think Like a Veterinarian " My daughter loved this book so much. One of her all-time favorites. She wants more! "
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“You can choose what you believe, Shuffler, but you can’t change what’s true.”
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“I regret many things I’ve done,” he said, “but most of all I regret those moments when I said to Fear, ‘You are my master.”
― S.D. Smith, The Green Ember

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“All of life is a battle against fear. We fight it on one front, and it sneaks around to our flank.” He paused, looked kindly at her. “Yes, Father. I understand.” “I regret many things I’ve done,” he said, “but most of all I regret those moments when I said to Fear, ‘You are my master.”
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Once we have an author, I'll poll for books.
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J.R.R. Tolkien (lol sorry i had to do this!) (write-in)

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N.D. Wilson

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Andrew Peterson

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S.D. Smith

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