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Robert Farrell Smith
Born1970
United States
Pen nameObert Skye
Occupation Novelist
CitizenshipUnited States
GenreComedy, fantasy
Years active1996-present
Notable works Leven Thumps
SpouseKrista
Children3

Robert Farrell Smith (born 1970) is an American humor writer. Starting in 2005, he publishes children's books under the pseudonym Obert Skye. [1] He is known for the Leven Thumps series, the Pillage trilogy, [1] and The Creature from My Closet series. He is also the author of Witherwood Reform School and Beyond Foo series.

Personal life

Robert Farrell Smith was born in 1970. For a short time, he lived on the Isle of Skye as a candy-taster, giving him inspiration for his pseudonym Obert Skye along with his first name. [2] He now lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with his wife Krista and his three children. [3] In 2010, he went to over 900 schools in the United States as part of his "Imagination Tour". During this tour he emphasized the importance and power of imagination. [4]

Publications

Smith began publishing books in 1996. Starting in 2005, he has published his books under the pseudonym Obert Skye.

  • Baptists at Our Barbecue (1996) [5]
  • The Miracle of Forgetness (1997) [6]
  • All is Swell: Trust in Thelma's Way (1999) [7]
  • Falling for Grace: Trust at the End of the World (1999) [8]
  • Love's Labors Tossed: Trust and the Final Fling (2000) [9]
  • Captain Matrimony (2001) [10]
  • For Time and All Absurdity (2002) [11]
  • Never Can Say Good-Bye (2003) [12]

Leven Thumps series

The Creature From My Closet series

  • Wonkenstein (2011) [19]
  • Potterwookie (2012) [20]
  • Pinocula (2013) [21]
  • Katfish (2014) [22]
  • Lord of the Hat (2015) [23]
  • Batneezer (2016) [24]

Pillage trilogy

  • Pillage (2008) [25]
  • Choke (2010) [26]
  • Ambush (2012) [27]
  • Pillagy: The Complete Trilogy (2013) [28]

Beyond Foo series

  • Geth and the Return of the Lithens (2011) [29]
  • Geth and the Deception of Dreams (2012) [30]

Witherwood Reform School series

  • Witherwood Reform School (2015) [31]
  • Lost and Found (2016) [32]

Geeked Out series

  • Geeked Out (2018) [33]
  • Bigger, Badder, Nerdier (2019) [34]

Mutant Bunny Island series

  • Mutant Bunny Island (2017) [35]
  • Mutant Bunny Island #2: Bad Hare Day (2018) [36]
  • Mutant Bunny Island #3: Buns of Steel (2019) [37]

Wizard For Hire series

  • Wizard for Hire (2018) [38]
  • Apprentice Needed (2019) [39]
  • Magic Required (2020) [40]

Movies

References

  1. ^ a b Cracroft, Richard (2011). "Literature, Mormon Writers of". In Ludlow, Daniel H. (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Mormonism.
  2. ^ "Obert Skye". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  3. ^ "Author - Robert Farrell Smith - Deseret Book". deseretbook.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  4. ^ Wadley, Carma (2010-05-12). "Imagination makes everything better, 'Leven Thumps' author Obert Skye says". Deseret News. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  5. ^ Smith, Robert F. (2002). Baptists at our barbecue. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft. ISBN  1-57008-822-5. OCLC  48892688.
  6. ^ Smith, Robert F. (1997). The miracle of forgetness : a novel. Salt Lake City: Aspen Books. ISBN  1-56236-235-6. OCLC  37675884.
  7. ^ Smith, Robert F. (1999). All is swell : Trust in Thelma's Way. Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book Co. ISBN  1-57345-466-4. OCLC  40632543.
  8. ^ Smith, Robert F. (1999). Falling for Grace : Trust at the end of the world. Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book Co. ISBN  1-57345-585-7. OCLC  41944744.
  9. ^ Smith, Robert F. (2000). Love's labors tossed : Trust and the final fling. Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book Co. ISBN  1-57345-648-9. OCLC  43403513.
  10. ^ Smith, Robert F. (2001). Captain Matrimony. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft. ISBN  1-57345-969-0. OCLC  46462636.
  11. ^ Smith, Robert F. (2002). For time & all absurdity. Salt Lake City, UT: Bookcraft. ISBN  1-57008-823-3. OCLC  49928973.
  12. ^ Smith, Robert F. (2003). Never can say good-bye : a novel. Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book. ISBN  1-57008-991-4. OCLC  51817280.
  13. ^ Skye, Obert (2005). Leven Thumps and the gateway to Foo. Ben Sowards. [Salt Lake City, UT]: Shadow Mountain. ISBN  1-59038-369-9. OCLC  57007698.
  14. ^ Skye, Obert (2006). Leven Thumps and the whispered secret. Ben Sowards. Salt Lake City, Utah: Shadow Mountain. ISBN  1-59038-490-3. OCLC  63705611.
  15. ^ Skye, Obert (2007). Leven Thumps and the eyes of the Want. Ben Sowards. [Salt Lake City, Utah]: Shadow Mountain. ISBN  978-1-59038-800-6. OCLC  137244607.
  16. ^ Skye, Obert (2008). Leven Thumps and the wrath of Ezra. Salt Lake City, Utah: Shadow Mountain. ISBN  978-1-59038-963-8. OCLC  223914810.
  17. ^ Skye, Obert (2009). Leven Thumps and the ruins of Alder. [Salt Lake City, Utah]: Shadow Mountain. ISBN  978-1-60641-146-9. OCLC  401167693.
  18. ^ Skye, Obert (2007). Professor Winsnicker's book of proper etiquette for well-mannered sycophants. Salt Lake City, Utah: Shadow Mountain. ISBN  978-1-59038-716-0. OCLC  74987438.
  19. ^ Skye, Obert (2011). Wonkenstein. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN  978-0-8050-9268-4. OCLC  692291007.
  20. ^ Skye, Obert (2012). Potterwookiee. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN  978-0-8050-9451-0. OCLC  774491359.
  21. ^ Skye, Obert (2013). Pinocula. New York. ISBN  978-0-8050-9689-7. OCLC  844372957.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  22. ^ Skye, Obert (2014). Katfish. New York. ISBN  978-0-8050-9690-3. OCLC  869263598.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  23. ^ Skye, Obert (2015). The Lord of the Hat. New York. ISBN  978-1-62779-162-5. OCLC  907948345.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  24. ^ Skye, Obert (2016). Batneezer. New York. ISBN  978-1-62779-163-2. OCLC  928488393.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  25. ^ Skye, Obert (2008). Pillage. Salt Lake City, Utah: Shadow Mountain. ISBN  978-1-59038-922-5. OCLC  191809223.
  26. ^ Skye, Obert (2010). Choke. Owen Richardson. Salt Lake City, Utah: Shadow Mountain. ISBN  978-1-60641-653-2. OCLC  502045794.
  27. ^ Skye, Obert (2012). Ambush. [Salt Lake City, Utah]. ISBN  978-1-60908-891-0. OCLC  747819329.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  28. ^ Skye, Obert (2013). Pillagy : the complete trilogy. [Salt Lake City, Utah]. ISBN  978-1-60907-706-8. OCLC  855017611.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  29. ^ Skye, Obert (2011). Geth and the return of the Lithens. Salt Lake City, Utah: Shadow Mountain. ISBN  978-1-60908-050-1. OCLC  696089648.
  30. ^ Skye, Obert (2012). Geth and the deception of dreams. Salt Lake City, UT. ISBN  978-1-60908-896-5. OCLC  794706752.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  31. ^ Skye, Obert (2015). Witherwood Reform School. Keith Thompson. New York. ISBN  978-0-8050-9879-2. OCLC  895256417.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  32. ^ Skye, Obert (2016). Lost and found : Witherwood Reform School. Keith Thompson. New York. ISBN  978-0-8050-9880-8. OCLC  904813637.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  33. ^ Skye, Obert (2018). Geeked up. New York. ISBN  978-1-62779-939-3. OCLC  975024867.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  34. ^ Skye, Obert (2019). Bigger, badder, nerdier. New York. ISBN  978-1-62779-941-6. OCLC  1097555414.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  35. ^ Skye, Obert (2017). Mutant Bunny Island. Eduardo Vieira. New York, NY. ISBN  978-0-06-239912-0. OCLC  968552062.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  36. ^ Skye, Obert (2018). Mutant bunny island. #2, Bad hare day. Eduardo Vieira. New York, NY. ISBN  978-0-06-239916-8. OCLC  1065539591.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  37. ^ Skye, Obert (2019). Buns of steel. Eduardo Vieira. New York, NY. ISBN  978-0-06-239918-2. OCLC  1127384781.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  38. ^ Skye, Obert (2018). Wizard for hire. Salt Lake City, Utah. ISBN  978-1-62972-412-6. OCLC  1001366393.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  39. ^ Skye, Obert (2019). Apprentice needed. [Salt Lake City, Utah]. ISBN  978-1-62972-529-1. OCLC  1046190507.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  40. ^ Skye, Obert (2020). Magic required. [Salt Lake City, Utah]. ISBN  978-1-62972-733-2. OCLC  1111381888.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  41. ^ "Baptists at Our Barbecue | The Santa Fe Film Festival". santafefilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.

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