Ronald L. Smith

Ronald L. Smith is an award-winning writer of children’s literature including the novels, ***Black Panther: The Young Prince***, ***The Mesmerist***, ***The Owls Have Come To Take Us Away*** and ***Gloomtown***, a Junior Library Guild Selection. His first novel, ***Hoodoo***, earned him the 2016 Coretta Scott King/ John Steptoe New Talent Author Award and the ILA Award for Intermediate Fiction from The International Literacy Association. Before he became a full-time writer, he worked in advertising and wrote TV commercials for big corporations. He is much happier writing books for young people. **Photo** ©Erik Kvalsvik ()