Obert Skye

Obert Skye is the pseudonym of Robert Farrell Smith.[1] He is a bestselling American children's writer 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.

Obert Skye
OccupationNovelist
GenreFantasy
Notable worksLeven Thumps
Website
obertskye.com

Emphasis on imagination

Skye is known for novels that emphasize the power of imagination and importance of discovering the impossible in the mundane. Even the Obert Skye pen name, which is used to further "research" on the world of Foo in Leven Thumps and the existence of dragons in Pillage, is “all about imagination” and “thinking bigger and beyond the books.”[4] Imagination is one of the most powerful things in the world, according to Skye. “What doesn’t it make better?” he asks. “It makes school better; it makes problems better. Imagination makes life more textured; it’s a vehicle that opens your mind to the impossible.”[5]

Childhood and education

Skye attended school in parts of the United States and parts of Europe. He has written commercials, screenplays, and novels. He has traveled to all fifty states talking with schools and libraries and any cluster of people who are kind enough to listen about writing and imagination.

Book series
  • Leven Thumps series
  • The Creature from My Closet series
  • Pillage series

Publications

The Leven Thumps Series—Simon & Schuster/Shadow Mountain Publishing

  • Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo
  • Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret
  • Leven Thumps and the Eyes of the Want
  • Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra
  • Leven Thumps and the Ruins of Alder
  • Professor Winsnicker’s Guide to the Well-Mannered Sycophant

The Creature from My Closet Series—Macmillan Publishing

  • Wonkenstein
  • Potterwookie
  • Pinocula
  • Katfish
  • Lord of the Hat
  • Batneezer

Pillage Trilogy—Shadow Mountain Publishing

  • Pillage
  • Choke
  • Ambush
  • The Pillagy

Beyond Foo—Shadow Mountain Publishing

  • The Return of the Lithens
  • The Deception of Dreams

Witherwood Reform School (Macmillan Publishing)

  • Witherwood Reform School
  • Lost and Found

Geeked Out—Macmillan Publishing

  • Geeked Out (2017)
  • Bigger, Badder, Nerdier (2018)

Mutant Bunny Island—Harper Collins

  • Volume one (2017)
  • Volume two (2018)

Wizard For Hire—Shadow Mountain Publishing

  • Wizard for Hire (2018)
  • Apprentice Needed (2019) [2]
  • Magic Required (2020) [3]

References
  1. Cracroft, Richard (2011). "Literature, Mormon Writers of". In Ludlow, Daniel H. (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Mormonism.
  2. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/apprentice-needed-obert-skye/1129206448?ean=9781629725291
  3. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49733367-magic-required
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