S. D. Smith Media Kit

BIO

S. D. Smith is the author of The Green Ember Series, a million+ selling adventure saga featuring heroic #RabbitsWithSwords. The Green Ember spent time as the number one bestselling audiobook in the world on Audible. In 2025, Smith authored a new adventure novel and wrote its video-gamization story. Green Ember: Helmer in the Dragon Tomb is the first time a novel and its video game have released at the same time. He is also the author of the madcap Mooses with Bazookas: And Other Stories Children Should Never Read as well as the touching throwback adventure, The Found Boys. Finally, he has co-authored two fantasy adventure novels with his son (J. C. Smith), Jack Zulu and the Waylander’s Key and Jack Zulu and the Girl with Golden Wings.

Smith’s stories are captivating readers across the globe who are hungry for “new stories with an old soul.” Though packed with old school virtue and moral imagination, Smith doesn’t merely create “safe” stories, but bold, daring, truthful tales of light that help shape children who become dangerous—dangerous to the darkness.

Smith is a founder and owner of Story Warren, a publishing, events, and IP development house based in rural West Virginia. Story Warren exists to serve families as “allies in imagination.”

S. D. Smith lives in Grandview, West Virginia with his wife and four kids.

BOOKS

The Green Ember Series

Four thrilling adventures following siblings Heather and Picket as they get caught up in an epic struggle for rabbitkind’s liberation from the tyrannous preylords. Humor, heart, and hope anchor this series that centers on small rabbits battling to keep faith amid the chaos all around them.

Green Ember: Old Natalia

An exciting trilogy featuring heroic rabbits who discover new lands and fight off evil forces to shape a new community built on hope. Fleck Blackstar, Whitson Mariner, and Prince Lander lead the forging of a new world in this swashbuckling series of virtuous, valorous tales.

Green Ember: Archer

Jo Shanks is the best buck with a bow and he aims his arrows at the heart of the enemy’s darkness in this gripping trilogy. Breathtaking battles, baffling mysteries, and lots of laughs feature in these wonderful adventures featuring Jo and his friends.

Green Ember: Helmer

One of the series’ best-loved characters, Helmer is a farmer who becomes a fighter. Helmer and the Dragon Tomb is the first full-length Green Ember novel since Ember’s End. This title explores Helmer’s origin story. Releasing alongside the book is an action-adventure video game, designed to serve kids and families. Currently on Kickstarter; expected to release in Fall 2025.

Jack Zulu

Jack Zulu and the Waylander’s Key and Jack Zulu and the Girl with Golden Wings are enchanting adventures in the tradition of Tolkien and Lewis, as well as Spielberg and Lucas. But this fantastical journey launches in rural West Virginia in the eighties, with a half-Appalachian, half-African kid trying to escape the town he sees defining his small, sad life. Jack discovers a gate hiding a city between twelve realms, and finds out where he truly belongs in a surprising, satisfying adventure.

Mooses with Bazookas: And Other Stories Children Should Never Read

Mooses with Bazookas: And Other Stories Children Should Never Read is a fun collection of stories. It’s exactly like The Count of Monte Cristo apart from the many differences. Our lawyers have instructed us to warn you that reading it may directly cause you to come down with every single disease you are worried about contracting. On the plus side, our nation’s beloved and heroic critics have had their say.

“FANTASTIC is not a word that comes to mind.” ―Beth Hinkle, author of Elite Prose
“ASTOUNDING problems at the sentence level and beyond.” ―Dr. Roger Johns, Ph. D.
“S. D. SMITH IS in dire need of A GENIUS editor.” ―Art Simonson, Inner Ring Magazine
“This author had nothing MUCH BETTER to do THAN destroy the language of DICKENS, SHAKESPEARE, AUSTEN!” ―Yammy Tork, Good Lit Guild

The Found Boys

The mission was supposed to be fun—even funny—but things got serious quick. What follows is a daring journey with narrow escapes, attack dogs, deadly fires, and a friendship forged in shared peril.
Three friends embark on an intrepid quest to retrieve a priceless treasure guarded by a menacing villain. But this is no fantasy. For Scott and his friends Tommy and Dooley, the danger is all too real. Unlikely heroes will emerge. Enemies will become allies. Powerful truths will be revealed.

All books are available at the Story Warren Store or Amazon.

REVIEWS & ENDORSEMENTS

“This is the story we’ve been waiting for. When my audience wants to know our family’s favorite readaloud, I answer without hesitation: The Green Ember. My blog and podcast audience constantly thanks me fore recommending it. The Green Ember has become a true cult classic for Read-Aloud Revivalers all over the world, regardless of their denomination, their children’s ages, or their parenting style. It’s the story that unites us. Our whole community eagerly awaits whatever S.D. Smith is up to next.”
Sarah Mackenzie, host of the Read-Aloud podcast, author of Teaching From Rest

“A captivating story with sword-bearing rabbits, daring quests, and moments of poignant beauty, The Green Ember is a tale that will delight and inspire young readers to courage and creativity and would make a perfect book for a family to read aloud.”
Sarah Clarkson, author of Read for the Heart and Caught Up in a Story

“I can objectively say that this book will provide a dose of literary magic and charm on the same level as the classic Narnia series. I honestly don’t think that’s overstating the quality and strength of this book. It is a rare thing in my opinion to find a children’s/young adult book that offers just as much for an adult reader as it does for the age group it’s specifically targeted for. This is one such book. I whole heartedly recommend it to any reader regardless of age, background or typical literary preference. The storytelling and world creation is not just good, it’s astounding. So astounding in fact, that if you’re not careful as you take this masterpiece of a book in, you might just find yourself regularly on the lookout for cape wearing, sword wielding rabbits everywhere you go!”
Chris Chesley, Amazon Reviewer

“A lot of titles aspire to the legacy of Narnia and Middle-Earth. S. D. Smith’s Green Ember is the real deal—an epic story with deeply inspiring characters and powerful, timeless values. In today’s market, no independent title has grabbed the hearts of children (of all ages) as quickly…Green Ember is a classic in the making, one that will resonate for generations.”

Rick Rekedal, DreamWorks Executive (1996-2017)

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