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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 — 18,705 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 — 8,985 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 — 7,274 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 — 6,315 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 — 4,389 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 — 3,447 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 — 2,198 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 — 2,107 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 — 1,661 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) 4.57 avg rating — 1,170 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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I never set out to start a small business. I set out to tell a story to my kids, an improvised tale on a porch in West Virginia that somehow grew into a family vocation that just launched the 12th Green Ember book and its companion game.

The reason it grew is simple: you showed up. You supported our very first Kickstarter. You took a chance on a little book of rabbits with swords, and you passed it

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The Green Ember (4 books)
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S.D. Smith (Goodreads Author),

Zach Franzen (Illustrator)

4.42 avg rating — 52,957 ratings

Green Ember: Old Natalia Book (3 books)
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S.D. Smith (Goodreads Author),

Zach Franzen (Illustrator)

4.37 avg rating — 7,664 ratings

Green Ember Archer (3 books)
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S.D. Smith (Goodreads Author)

4.46 avg rating — 7,303 ratings

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

J.C. Smith

4.25 avg rating — 876 ratings

Green Ember Lost Tales (1 book)
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Zach Franzen (illustrator)

4.42 avg rating — 385 ratings

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S.D. Smith wrote a new blog post Thank You for Building This With Us I never set out to start a small business. I set out to tell a story to my kids, an improvised tale on a porch in West Virginia that somehow grew into Read more of this blog post »
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S.D. Smith and 2 other people liked Maylivia Barrett's review of Green Ember: Helmer in the Dragon Tomb: "This delivered! High-stakes and intense "everything is a weapon" action the whole way through! I couldn't put it down! (And therefore, stayed up way too late reading. XD) The story of Helmer connects in a beautiful way with the history of King Jupite" Read more of this review »
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S.D. Smith and 4 other people liked Val Emhof 's review of Green Ember: Helmer in the Dragon Tomb: "Might be one of my favorite because I love Helmer ! We all enjoyed reading it aloud as a family so so much. Discovering the beginning of the story of Captain Helmer was awesome. We all had so many theories and questions (me, most of the time asking m" Read more of this review »
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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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“You can choose what you believe, Shuffler, but you can’t change what’s true.”
― S.D. Smith, The Green Ember

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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.”
― S.D. Smith, The Green Ember

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The results of the last poll were lots of maybe's and absolutely's for reading a book together. Thus, I'm creating this poll with a whole bunch of authors and then whoever wants to read a book together can vote. Whoever isn't interested can bow out and be cool on other threads! :)
Once we have an author, I'll poll for books.
(There has got to be a better way to do this!)

J.R.R. Tolkien (lol sorry i had to do this!) (write-in)

3 votes, 37.5%

N.D. Wilson

2 votes, 25.0%

Andrew Peterson

1 vote, 12.5%

S.D. Smith

1 vote, 12.5%

Chuck Black

1 vote, 12.5%

Gillian Bronte Adams

0 votes, 0.0%

Wayne Thomas Batson

0 votes, 0.0%

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