Warren Smith (author)

Warren Billy Smith, (Iowa, 1931–2003) was an American author best known for his books on cryptozoology, UFOs and the hollow earth theory.

In the late 1940s Lowney Handy developed a reputation as an inspirational teacher of writing and her colony achieved national attention, through the success of James Jones, its most celebrated member and the author of From Here to Eternity and Some Came Running.

Warren Billy Smith is a self-admitted hoaxster who contrived some of the UFO encounters he wrote about, most notably the Schirmer abduction.

[6] Banse, a professional writer, studied journalism at the University of Iowa where he won the Wilbur Petersen Scholarship and James Blackburn Award.

His book credits include William Morrow and Little Brown as well as hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles (Hearst, Time Warner, Harcourt Brace & Jovanovich).

The Hoax allegation has also been reported by noted UFOlogist Kevin D. Randle, who recounts, "Warren Smith, who is quoted in some of the UFO books about abduction simply isn’t reliable.

Dystopia claimed the books were in public domain, when in actuality, under US Law, the titles had more than 30-years worth of copyright protection left.

According to long-time personal friend and physician, Grey Musgrave Woodman MD, cause of death was congestive heart failure.