![]() Ida Mae is a young lady wanting to enter the WASP program during WWII. She’s worked for the likes of Disney as a stop motion animator and on films such as Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks!īorn in Chicago, IL (HOLLA) but raised all over the nation, Sherri is best known in MY life as the author of Fly Girl my son’s generation’s version of Imitation of Life. She is a three-time writer-in-resident at Hedgebrook retreat in Washington State, as well as a resident at Wassard Elea retreat, in Ascea, Italy. Sherri was a 2014 National Book Awards judge in the Young People’s Literature category. Flygirl was the 2009 California Book Awards Gold Medalist. Her books have been listed as Amelia Bloomer, American Library Association Best Books for Young People, and Junior Library Guild Selections. Her bestselling novel, The Toymaker’s Apprentice is the Southern California Booksellers Association Award winner for Middle Grade. Smith is the award-winning author of YA novels Lucy the Giant, Sparrow, Hot Sour Salty Sweet, Flygirl, and Orleans. ![]()
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