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Larry Smith

Born

in New Jersey, The United States

September 17, 1968

Website

https://www.sixwordmemoirs.com/about/#six-team

Genre

Memoir, Nonfiction

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Larry Smith is the founder of The Six-Word Memoir® Project, a bestselling series of nine books, board game, live event program, and a global phenomenon found in classrooms, conferences, and corporate settings alike.

Larry speaks on the power of personal storytelling across the world. He has been invited to work with teams at Twitter, Levi’s, JPMorgan Chase, Snapchat, Dell, Yelp, Shutterfly, ESPN and Google; nonprofits including the Zen Hospice Project and Dress For Success, as well as foundations, philanthropies, and schools. He’s a frequent speaker at conferences such as TEDx, PopTech, Summit Series (called “Davos for the Millennials”), the AARP 50+ Conve ...more

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	Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure by Larry Smith (Editor), Rachel Fershleiser (Editor) 3.90 avg rating — 3,409 ratings — published 2008 — 13 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
	Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak: By Writers Famous and Obscure – A Collection of Terse True Tales of Passion, Pain, and Romance 3.83 avg rating — 905 ratings — published 2008 — 12 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
	It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure by Larry Smith, Rachel Fershleiser 3.83 avg rating — 769 ratings — published 2009 — 3 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 Moment: Wild, Poignant, Life-Changing Stories from 125 Writers and Artists Famous & Obscure by Larry Smith (Editor), Christine Macdonald (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jessica J.J. Lutz (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.59 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 2012 — 4 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
	Six Words Fresh Off the Boat: Stories of Immigration, Identity, and Coming to America by Larry Smith, Walt Disney Company 4.34 avg rating — 140 ratings — 2 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 Best Advice in Six Words: Writers Famous and Obscure on Love, Sex, Money, Friendship, Family, Work, and Much More 3.90 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2015 — 2 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
	A Terrible, Horrible, No Good Year: Hundreds of Stories on the Pandemic 4.16 avg rating — 103 ratings — 3 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
	My Life With Piper 2.82 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Things Don't Have To Be Complicated: Illustrated Six-Word Memoirs by Students Making Sense of the World (TED Books) 3.88 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2012 — 2 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
	9/11: CHAOS: Told by Someone Who Was There 3.86 avg rating — 22 ratings	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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“Tattoos made my skin more 'me.' -Melissa Maxwell”
― Larry Smith, It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure

tags: me, six-word-memoirs, skin, tattoos

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“At least I never voted Republican. -Tony Kushner”
― Larry Smith, It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure

tags: republican, voting

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“My cat is an ungrateful brat. -Nellie McKay”
― Larry Smith, It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure

tags: brat, cat, cats, ungrateful

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