{"name": "Samuel Dale Smith", "personal_name": "S. D. Smith", "key": "/authors/OL342496A", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "alternate_names": ["S D Smith", "S. D. Smith", "Sam Smith"], "photos": [12879557, 12879560, -1], "links": [{"url": "sdsmith.com", "title": "Sam's website", "type": {"key": "/type/link"}}], "bio": "S. D. Smith is the author of The Green Ember Series, a bestselling middle-grade adventure saga. The Green Ember has reached hundreds of thousands of readers and spent time as the number one bestselling audiobook in the world on Audible. Smith\u2019s stories are captivating readers across the globe who are hungry for \u201cnew stories with an old soul.\u201d Enthusiastic families can\u2019t get enough of these tales.\r\n\r\nVintage adventure. Moral imagination. Classic virtue. Finally, stories we all love. Just one more chapter, please!\r\n\r\nWhen he\u2019s not writing adventurous tales of #RabbitsWithSwords in his writing shed, dubbed The Forge, Smith loves to speak to audiences about storytelling, imagination, and seeing yourself as a character in the Story.\r\n\r\nS. D. Smith lives in West Virginia with his wife and four kids.", "birth_date": "11 Feb 1977", "latest_revision": 13, "revision": 13, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2022-09-06T18:17:00.607089"}}