Sherri L.
Her latest novel, Orleans , is a cli-fi futuristic novel that garnered several starred reviews and was a 2014 CBC Best Book of the Year..
It won the California Book Award Gold Medal, was a YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, and has received fourteen State Award nominations.
Flygirl , an historical YA novel set during World War II, is her fourth novel.
Upon the release of Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet in February 2008, Sherri was featured as a spotlight author for The Brown Bookshelf\'s Black History Month celebration, 28 Days Later.
Sherri\'s novel, Sparrow, was chosen as a National Council for the Social Studies/Children\'s Book Council Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People.
Sherri\'s first book, Lucy the Giant , was an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults in 2003.
She currently lives in Los Angeles, where she has worked in movies, animation, comic books and construction.
Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois and spent most of her childhood reading books.
Sherri L
