![]() Growing up, Andrew Smith used to be a loner with very few close friends. In 2008, he published the Best Book for Young Adults YALSA/ALA award-winning novel “Ghost Medicine.” It was not until Kelly Milner Halls a lifelong friend challenged him that he decided to publish his first manuscript. ![]() ![]() Throughout his life, he never stopped writing even though publishing was never on his mind. It was also during this time that he got married and moved to the rural mountains where his job was located. It was in Southern California that he found his first serious job working for an At Risk teens alternative education program as a teacher. Over the years he bounced from job to job including working as an importer of vehicles from Japan, unloading bananas as a longshoreman, working at a metals mill, as a musician, and in security before settling in California. Growing up, and particularly while serving as the editor of his high school magazine, he was convinced that he would become a professional novelist.įollowing his graduation from college, he first began working for radio stations and newspapers but never loved any of that.Īndrew always had wanderlust as he was born to an immigrant father. Andrew Smith is an award-winning and bestselling author of young adult fiction novels. ![]()
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