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Smith is a children’s book author. He is the author of Hoodoo (2015), The Mesmerist (2017), Black Panther: The Young Prince (2018), The owls have come to take us away (2019), and Gloom Town (2020). For Hoodoo, Smith won the American Library Association’s Coretta Scott King\/John Steptoe Award for New Talent.Table of ContentsEarly life[edit]Fiction career[edit]Personal life[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Early life[edit]Smith was born in Maine to a military family that moved frequently; he also lived in Japan, Alabama, Michigan, Washington, DC, South Carolina, and Delaware, among other places.[1] His love of fantasy and science fiction novels began as a child, but he first worked as a writer in advertising before turning to writing children’s fiction.[2]Fiction career[edit]Smith published his first book, Hoodoo, with Clarion Books in 2015.[3] Set in the 1930s Alabama,[4][5]Hoodoo earned Smith the American Library Association’s Coretta Scott King\/John Steptoe Award for New Talent.[6][7]Smith’s second book, The Mesmerist (Clarion Books, 2017), is set in London at the turn of the century.[8][9][10]In January 2018, Smith published a children’s novel for Marvel Comics featuring Marvel’s superhero Black Panther.[11] The book, Black Panther: The Young Prince, was released just prior to Marvel’s Black Panther film.[12] Reviewing the book in the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Literature, Kate Quealy-Gainer wrote, “Fans will notice allusions to T’Challa’s future adventures as the ruling Black Panther, but even the comic-book averse will relate to T’Challa’s negotiating of middle-school dynamics and may also appreciate his cleverness as he faces down his enemies.”[13] The School Library Journal named the book to a list of eight fantasy “must-reads” featuring a black protagonist; their January 2018 review called it a “must-purchase for all collections.”[14]Personal life[edit]Smith lives in Baltimore.[15]References[edit]^ “About”. Strange Black Flowers \u2014 Ronald L. Smith. 2015-03-09. Retrieved 2018-02-07.^ Danielson, Julie (October 1, 2015). “Ronald L. Smith’s Magic Touch”. Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 3 September 2017.^ “HOODOO by Ronald L. Smith”. Kirkus Reviews. May 6, 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2017.^ Quealy-Gainer, Kate (15 September 2015). “Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith (review)”. Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books. 69 (2): 114. doi:10.1353\/bcc.2015.0714. ISSN\u00a01558-6766. S2CID\u00a0143266530. Retrieved 3 September 2017.^ “Children’s Book Review: Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith. large, $16.99 burger (224p) ISBN 978-0-544-44525-3”. Publishers Weekly. October 5, 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2017.^ “Rita Williams-Garcia, Bryan Collier win 2016 Coretta Scott King Book Awards”. News and Press Center. American Library Association. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2017.^ Hetter, Katia (January 11, 2016). “Best children’s books: 2016 Newbery, Caldecott winners”. CNN. Retrieved 2017-09-03.^ Quealy-Gainer, Kate (29 December 2016). “The Mesmerist by Ronald L. Smith (review)”. Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books. 70 (5): 237. doi:10.1353\/bcc.2017.0065. ISSN\u00a01558-6766. S2CID\u00a0201722767. Retrieved 3 September 2017.^ “THE MESMERIST by Ronald L. Smith”. Kirkus Reviews. October 18, 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2017.^ “Children’s Book Review: The Mesmerist by Ronald L. Smith. Clarion, $16.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-544-44528-4”. Publishers Weekly. January 16, 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.^ “THE YOUNG PRINCE From the “Black Panther” series, volume 1 by Ronald L. Smith”. Kirkus Reviews. October 28, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2018.^ Deahl, Rachel (March 10, 2017). “Book Deals: Week of March 13, 2017”. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2017-09-03.^ Quealy-Gainer, Kate (2018). “Black Panther: The Young Prince by Ronald L. Smith (review)”. Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books. 71 (5): 221\u2013222. doi:10.1353\/bcc.2018.0065. ISSN\u00a01558-6766. S2CID\u00a0201767471.^ Farrell, Della (January 24, 2018). “8 Fantasy Must-Reads Featuring Black Main Characters”. School Library Journal. Retrieved 2018-02-07.^ Quattlebaum, Mary (October 27, 2015). “‘Hoodoo’ is a haunting tale from the Alabama woods”. Washington Post. Retrieved 3 September 2017.External links[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/ronald-l-smith-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Ronald L. Smith – Wikipedia"}}]}]