I've been trying to trade biographies with someone young, gorgeous, and charismatic, but until then have to stick with the, uh, less glamorous truth: I was born in 1951, got a double BA in German and History, which included a year in Europe on a poor student budget (as in eating once a day). Eventually I earned  a masters in European history, and would have gone on but there were zero academic jobs at that time. This was something we boomers heard our entire lives: "There are too many of you!" 

Among the various jobs I've turned a hand at were popcorn stand worker (after which I couldn't stand the sight or smell of popcorn for some thirty years), waitstaff,  nanny, bartender, and an electrical supply verifier—until, in the late seventies I capped quotations of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" with a screenwriter named Harry Kleiner, who promptly offered me a job as his secretary. I wore various hats in the film industry before I went back to the world of books. 

To date I've published over fifty books, one of which was an Anne Lindbergh Honor Book; I've twice been a finalist for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award and once a Nebula finalist. My romantasy Crown Duel has been continually in print since the early nineties.  I'm an instructor at Viable Paradise Writing Workshop on Martha’s Vineyard, and I've got a Patreon, where future volumes are being posted in rough draft. I've been a reader as long as I've been a writer, and enjoy reviewing books I love both here at Bookbub and at Goodreads.  My newsletter signup is here.

I belong to a writers' consortium at Book Vew Cafe--and really, really appreciate when readers buy my books there. We authors get 90% of the royalty, unlike everywhere else where publishers get the lion's share, and once you buy a book from Book View Cafe, you own it. None of this "licensing as long as your account is good."

ALSO!  I have hardcover copies of most of my books and trade paperback copies of all, which I am happy to sign and send for 25 bucks apiece (includes postage) hardcover, 15 for paperback, but only continental USA while postage costs are so insane. A real bargain for the ones I paid more than ten bucks to have printed! PayPal me @ sherwood@sherwoodsmith.net, with an address to send the signed book, and if you want it personalized, the name, and I'll do my best to get it in the mail within three to five days of receipt.