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Lindsay Smith

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in Tulsa, OK, The United States

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Lindsay is the author of multiple novels for young adults, including Sekret and A Darkly Beating Heart, as well as the comic series Black Swan. She is the showrunner and lead writer for Serial Box's The Witch Who Came In From the Cold, a Publisher's Weekly Best Book of 2017. Her short stories and comics have appeared in the anthologies A Tyranny of Petticoats, Strange Romance Vol. 3, and Toil & Trouble and on Tor.com. She lives in Washington, DC with her husband and dog. ...more

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Average rating: 3.64 · 14,177 ratings · 3,233 reviews · 45 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sekret (Sekret, #1) 3.57 avg rating — 2,143 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreamstrider 3.42 avg rating — 949 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Darkly Beating Heart 3.35 avg rating — 512 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Witch Who Came In From The Cold: Season One (The Witch Who Came In From The Cold #1.1-1.13) by Lindsay Smith (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Max Gladstone (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Ian Tregillis (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.68 avg rating — 415 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Skandal (Sekret, #2) 3.64 avg rating — 362 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shadow War 3.38 avg rating — 247 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Long, Cold Winter (The Witch Who Came In From The Cold #1.1) by Lindsay Smith (Goodreads Author), Max Gladstone (Goodreads Author), Cassandra Rose Clarke (Goodreads Author) 3.43 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Witch Who Came In From The Cold: Book 2 by Lindsay Smith (Goodreads Author), Max Gladstone (Goodreads Author), Cassandra Rose Clarke (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 73 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Web of Frost (Saints of Russalka, #1) 3.07 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doppel 3.59 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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August Wrap-Up, September Goals

Well, this is going to be an August Wrap-Up/September Check-In, but I know, I know, I’ve been pretty much MIA all summer. For good reasons and dumb ones. Let’s start with the great, and talk about my favorite topic, process, along the way!

Last week I went on an amazing, restorative retreat in Canada with five other YA authors. We were all working on wildly different projects at wildly different s

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Dare Me

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A Tale for the Time Being

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Гарри Поттер и философский камень (Гарри Поттер #1)

by J.K. Rowling

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“I think all women should be able to make it on their own,” Frankie said. “It’s not about needing a man
or not — it just means she knows she can do whatever she sets out to do.”
― Lindsay Smith, A Tyranny of Petticoats

tags: women, women-empowerment

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“He deserved someone better than me--but no, I told myself, that wasn't quite right. He'd deserved someone different from me. Someone who could love him fully. Didn't we all deserve that? I wanted to believe so.”
― Lindsay Smith, A Tyranny of Petticoats

tags: love

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What should be the book of the month for January 2016?

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

12 votes 57.1%

Air Awakens by Elise Kova

5 votes 23.8%

The Rose Society by Marie Lu

3 votes 14.3%

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

1 vote 4.8%

Dreamstrider by Lindsay Smith

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The Secret History by Donna Tartt

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Young Adult Histo...: Group Read Nominations - May 2014	7	13	May 05, 2014 02:32PM
Young Adult Histo...: Sekret - May 2014	1	13	May 05, 2014 02:49PM
The Seasonal Read...: Completed Tasks: Do Not Delete Posts	2675	594	Aug 31, 2014 08:59PM
Crazy for Young A...: 2015: A-Z Reading Challenge	234	1179	Jan 07, 2016 09:13AM
Lettori sui generis: Proposte per il GdL Gennaio: Luogo immaginario (YA)	12	26	Dec 10, 2016 10:25PM
Game Night: January Challenge of the Month: Twister	125	239	Feb 01, 2017 02:01AM

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Lindsay’s Quotes

“Remind me again why I put up with you?"
''Cause you sold me your soul for five bucks, and now you must submit to my will?' I still had the sheet of paper, written in his untidy fifth-grade scrawl. Gideon David Belmonte. One soul.”
― Bethany Frenette, Dark Star

tags: friendship, humor

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“I loved Granny Belmonte, but she didn't need a costume to look undead.”
― Bethany Frenette, Dark Star

tags: grandmothers, humor, undead

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“You can call it love, or you can call it freefall. They're pretty much the same thing.”
― Leah Raeder, Unteachable

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“I've always envied people who sleep easily. Their brains must be cleaner, the floorboards of the skull well swept, all the little monsters closed up in a steamer trunk at the foot of the bed.”
― David Benioff, City of Thieves

tags: insomnia, sleep

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