Andrew Anselmo Smith (born July 16, 1959)[1] is an American author and short story writer in the young adult fiction genre.
[2] He has written ten novels including Winger and Grasshopper Jungle, which is currently being adapted into a movie.
married, has two children, and teaches government, US history, and economics at Canyon High School in Santa Clarita, California.
His novel Marbury Lens has received a Young Adult Library Services Association Best For Young Adults award,[11] the Booklist Editor's Choice 2010 award, and was named Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of the Year for 2010.
[12] His novel Winger was given an Amazon Best of the Year award and received an American Library Association Top 10 for 2014.