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.

Robert Farrell Smith
Born1970
United States
Pen nameObert Skye
OccupationNovelist
GenreComedy, fantasy
Years active1996-present
Notable worksLeven Thumps
SpouseKrista
Children3

Personal life

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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

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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]

The Creature From My Closet series

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  • Wonkenstein (2011)[19]
  • Potterwookie (2012)[20]
  • Pinocula (2013)[21]
  • Katfish (2014)[22]
  • Lord of the Hat (2015)[23]
  • Batneezer (2016)[24]

Pillage trilogy

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  • Pillage (2008)[25]
  • Choke (2010)[26]
  • Ambush (2012)[27]
  • Pillagy: The Complete Trilogy (2013)[28]

Beyond Foo series

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  • Geth and the Return of the Lithens (2011)[29]
  • Geth and the Deception of Dreams (2012)[30]

Witherwood Reform School series

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  • Witherwood Reform School (2015)[31]
  • Lost and Found (2016)[32]

Geeked Out series

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  • Geeked Out (2018)[33]
  • Bigger, Badder, Nerdier (2019)[34]

Mutant Bunny Island series

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  • 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

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  • Wizard for Hire (2018)[38]
  • Apprentice Needed (2019)[39]
  • Magic Required (2020)[40]

Movies

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References

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  1. ^ a b Cracroft, Richard (2011). "Literature, Mormon Writers of". In Ludlow, Daniel H. (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Mormonism.
  2. ^ "Obert Skye". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  3. ^ "Author - Robert Farrell Smith - Deseret Book". deseretbook.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  4. ^ Wadley, Carma (2010-05-12). "Imagination makes everything better, 'Leven Thumps' author Obert Skye says". Deseret News. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  5. ^ Smith, Robert F. (2002). Baptists at our barbecue. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft. ISBN 1-57008-822-5. OCLC 48892688.
  6. ^ Smith, Robert F. (1997). The miracle of forgetness : a novel. Salt Lake City: Aspen Books. ISBN 1-56236-235-6. OCLC 37675884.
  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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ Smith, Robert F. (2001). Captain Matrimony. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft. ISBN 1-57345-969-0. OCLC 46462636.
  11. ^ Smith, Robert F. (2002). For time & all absurdity. Salt Lake City, UT: Bookcraft. ISBN 1-57008-823-3. OCLC 49928973.
  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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ Skye, Obert (2011). Wonkenstein. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 978-0-8050-9268-4. OCLC 692291007.
  20. ^ Skye, Obert (2012). Potterwookiee. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 978-0-8050-9451-0. OCLC 774491359.
  21. ^ Skye, Obert (2013). Pinocula. New York. ISBN 978-0-8050-9689-7. OCLC 844372957.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  22. ^ Skye, Obert (2014). Katfish. New York. ISBN 978-0-8050-9690-3. OCLC 869263598.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  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. ^ Skye, Obert (2016). Batneezer. New York. ISBN 978-1-62779-163-2. OCLC 928488393.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  25. ^ Skye, Obert (2008). Pillage. Salt Lake City, Utah: Shadow Mountain. ISBN 978-1-59038-922-5. OCLC 191809223.
  26. ^ Skye, Obert (2010). Choke. Owen Richardson. Salt Lake City, Utah: Shadow Mountain. ISBN 978-1-60641-653-2. OCLC 502045794.
  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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ Skye, Obert (2018). Geeked up. New York. ISBN 978-1-62779-939-3. OCLC 975024867.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ "Baptists at Our Barbecue | The Santa Fe Film Festival". santafefilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
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