Robert B. Smith's Books
Feb.16.2011
The suspense of this novel derives from the convergence of three sets of characters and events. The pace of the story quickens when a Lakewood Detective realizes that there is a connection between the murders of three women, a fact that had remained elusive because the killings were separated by years. The result, however, is always the same. In each case, a woman has been...
Apr.05.2009
The evening news is rife with reports of corporate excess. Public outrage is of little consequence, however, since incompetence and greed might be considered moral failings, but not criminal offenses. Shelly Martin is beginning to suspect otherwise.
It is not that she's becoming paranoid, but because the parade of CEO's announcing bonuses and bankruptcy are not just talking-heads...
Jan.02.2008
From the back cover: "Inspired by nature in his thoughtful and plain-spoken poems, Rob Smith reminisces and reflects on life, death, and the passage of time in 256 Zones of Gray. He takes us 'Along the Shore,' and we see barren trees through his eyes when 'the sky threaded/ a blue ribbon between the trunks' and a postcard moment in 'Pirttsburgh' when 'colors sliding back into...
Jun.01.2007
Davis McGowan could not have anticipated how his career would isolate him in his private life. After ordination, he finds himself an alien in a world of human need. This fictional account of a young pastor's rise and fall is based on the secret reality faced by the ordinary people who have sensed a "call" to one of the helping professions. Never quite accepted as a...
Apr.23.2006
Shrader Marks is having troubling dreams. When the scientific community acknowledges reports that the earth is in the path of an approaching meteor, he and Cathy Pearson set events into motion that dramatically change the course of their lives. As an anthropologist, Marks knows that Neolithic peoples lived on the edge of the Arctic Circle at the close of the last ice age. Pearson...
This little book is a think-piece for adult readers who grew up with (or have been captured by) the fantasy worlds of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and J. K. Rowling. Rob Smith points out general themes in the work of these three authors and matches them to the ancient motifs of the biblical writings. The result is a discussion about the way in which we look at time, place,...
About Robert
I am a writer of both novels and poetry. The two are very different disciplines. In poetry, the ear and eye reach consensus, but with the novel, the characters can rise to stand even against the sensibilities of the writer. When this happens, there is no...
Causes Robert Smith Supports
Doctors Without Borders, Habitat for Humanity, Presbyterian Disaster Relief
Robert’s Favorite Books
Till We Have Faces
Fantasy by Lewis, Tolkien, and Rowling