Hi, I’m Ida Smith,

A wife, mom, fiction writer, story lover, scrap-booker, snow skier, and dabbler in everything from photography, hiking, kayaking, and one of my newest interests, archery.

I write stories of people traveling jagged journeys. I'm fascinated with the complexities of how life experiences, personality, culture, thought processes, and other people meld to create the choices which form our lives.

I grew up listening to my parents and their friends tell stories of WWII and the wilds of Idaho and Alaska. These stories tilled the soil of my mind and became the seeds of inspiration for writing fiction.

I have a Bachelor in English with a creative writing emphasis from Lewis-Clark State College. I had the privilege to study fiction under Claire Davis, Winter Range, Season of the Snake, and Labors of the Heart. Creative non-fiction and poetry with Mark Sanders, Conditions of Grace: New and Selected Poems, Before We Lost Our Ways, Here in the Big Empty. I also studied poetry under William Johnson, Out of the Ruins and Idaho State Poet Laureate (1999-2000).

Unfortunately, I don’t get to read nearly as much as I’d like. That said, a “few” of my favorite authors are: Frank Peretti, Ted Dekker, Tosca Lee, Lisa See, and Charles Dickens.

I hope this gives you a glimpse of who I am and piques your curiosity about the variety of subject matter in my stories.

Happy Reading,

Ida Smith



p.s. I hope you’ll join me and my characters on our adventures, be they historical or thrillers.