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Robert Farrell Smith

Robert Farrell Smith

American novelist

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.

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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. [1]
    Cracroft, Richard (2011). "Literature, Mormon Writers of". In Ludlow, Daniel H. (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Mormonism.
  2. [2]
    "Obert Skye". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  3. [3]
    "Author - Robert Farrell Smith - Deseret Book". deseretbook.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  4. [4]
    Wadley, Carma (2010-05-12). "Imagination makes everything better, 'Leven Thumps' author Obert Skye says". Deseret News. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  5. [5]
    Smith, Robert F. (2002). Baptists at our barbecue. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft. ISBN 1-57008-822-5. OCLC 48892688.
  6. [6]
    Smith, Robert F. (1997). The miracle of forgetness : a novel. Salt Lake City: Aspen Books. ISBN 1-56236-235-6. OCLC 37675884.
  7. [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. [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. [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. [10]
    Smith, Robert F. (2001). Captain Matrimony. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft. ISBN 1-57345-969-0. OCLC 46462636.
  11. [11]
    Smith, Robert F. (2002). For time & all absurdity. Salt Lake City, UT: Bookcraft. ISBN 1-57008-823-3. OCLC 49928973.
  12. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [19]
    Skye, Obert (2011). Wonkenstein. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 978-0-8050-9268-4. OCLC 692291007.
  20. [20]
    Skye, Obert (2012). Potterwookiee. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 978-0-8050-9451-0. OCLC 774491359.
  21. [21]
    Skye, Obert (2013). Pinocula. New York. ISBN 978-0-8050-9689-7. OCLC 844372957.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  22. [22]
    Skye, Obert (2014). Katfish. New York. ISBN 978-0-8050-9690-3. OCLC 869263598.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  23. [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. [24]
    Skye, Obert (2016). Batneezer. New York. ISBN 978-1-62779-163-2. OCLC 928488393.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  25. [25]
    Skye, Obert (2008). Pillage. Salt Lake City, Utah: Shadow Mountain. ISBN 978-1-59038-922-5. OCLC 191809223.
  26. [26]
    Skye, Obert (2010). Choke. Owen Richardson. Salt Lake City, Utah: Shadow Mountain. ISBN 978-1-60641-653-2. OCLC 502045794.
  27. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [41]
    "Baptists at Our Barbecue | The Santa Fe Film Festival". santafefilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
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