Cynthia Leitich Smith Quotes

Cynthia Leitich Smith was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She is an American writer. She is a New York Times best-selling writer of fiction for children and young adults. A member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, she writes fiction for children centered on the lives of modern-day American Indians. These books are taught widely by teachers in elementary, middle school, high school, and college classrooms. She is a former faculty member at Vermont College of Fine Arts, teaching in the Writing for Children and Young Adults MFA program. Smith, a graduate of the University of Kansas and University of Michigan.