Smoky Zeidel
Smoky Zeidel authored eight books before leaving her previous publisher. Never one to let adversity slow her down, she took 22 months off from writing before roaring back onto the scene with a new release of her third novel, The Storyteller's Bracelet (Thomas-Jacob Publishing, 2015). Her first poetry collection, Sometimes I Thin.... more
Smoky Zeidel authored eight books before leaving her previous publisher. Never one to let adversity slow her down, she took 22 months off from writing before roaring back onto the scene with a new release of her third novel, The Storyteller's Bracelet (Thomas-Jacob Publishing, 2015). Her first poetry collection, Sometimes I Think I Am Like Water, will be released shortly.
Smoky has written many short stories, two of which have earned her nominations for the prestigious Pushcart Prize. She taught writing and creativity workshops at community colleges and other venues throughout the Midwest for many years. In lieu of having a midlife crisis when she turned 50, Smoky instead succumbed to her bohemian instincts and packed her car, her daughter, and sundry pets into a 20-foot truck and migrated to California. A year later, she met and married her husband Scott.
When she isn't writing, she spends her time hiking in the mountains and deserts with Scott, splashing in tidepools, and resisting the urge to speak in haiku.