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S.D. Smith

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Huntington, West Virginia, The United States

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Children's, Fiction, Fantasy

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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) 4.27 avg rating — 20,474 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) 4.47 avg rating — 9,900 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Ember Rising (The Green Ember, #3) by S.D. Smith (Goodreads Author), Zach Franzen (Illustrator) 4.57 avg rating — 8,090 ratings — published 2018 — 9 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 — 7,142 ratings — published 2020	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 — 4,713 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 — 3,763 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 — 2,445 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) 4.42 avg rating — 2,369 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 — 1,909 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 — 1,416 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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Replacing the Best-Selling Audiobook in the World?

I have a really neato update about The Green Ember audiobook for you. (Literally, for you.) But first, a little memorable trip down a lane I like to call, “memory lane.”

I’ve been a big fan of audiobooks for many years. I used to drive a van delivering bearings, sprockets, and motors to coal mines and machine shops around southern West Virginia.

There was no tape-deck and certainly no CD player in

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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 — 58,434 ratings

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

Zach Franzen (Illustrator)

4.38 avg rating — 8,499 ratings

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

4.45 avg rating — 8,117 ratings

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

J.C. Smith

4.25 avg rating — 1,011 ratings

Green Ember Lost Tales (1 book)
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S.D. Smith (Goodreads Author),

Zach Franzen (illustrator)

4.43 avg rating — 645 ratings

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S.D. Smith wrote a new blog post Replacing the Best-Selling Audiobook in the World? I have a really neato update about The Green Ember audiobook for you. (Literally, for you.) But first, a little memorable trip down a lane I like to c Read more of this blog post »
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S.D. Smith entered a giveaway On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness: The Graphic Novel (The Wingfeather Saga, 1 by Andrew Peterson (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 and 5 other people liked Jayden Mitchellson's review of The Lost Legend (Green Ember Lost Tales, #2): "My pre-ordered copy of this book arrived really early, so I got to read it before the actual release date. Wow! I never get tired of these Green Ember stories, and this one was no different. It had an engaging plot with well-written characters, and a" Read more of this review »
May 08, 2026 03:18PM · see review
S.D. Smith answered Lια (Talia)'s question: I have read the 4 books (Following Heather & Picket) and I wondered if the other books are taking place before or after them. Also, are they Importaint to read? (I meant is there information that could help add to the story if I read them?) I think they are all worth reading. They add so much to the story.
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S.D. Smith and 8 other people liked Sofia(the hopeless romantic version)'s review of Green Ember: Helmer in the Dragon Tomb: "this series will always be five stars for me 💕 childhood memories ✨️"
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S.D. Smith and 6 other people liked Jared Mcnabb's review of Green Ember: Helmer in the Dragon Tomb: "Read aloud with my boys. We love the whole series and this was a great addition. "
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S.D. Smith made a comment on Luminous Reads’s review of Green Ember: Helmer in the Dragon Tomb " Thank you so much! "
Nov 20, 2025 12:12PM · see review
S.D. Smith is now following C.J. Milacci Author of Recruit of Talionis (Talionis Series, #1)
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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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“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%

8 total votes

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Have you read Cheaper by the Dozen? You should if you have not!!!!!!

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