Gordon R. Smith

Gordon Smith was the name of Bridget Smith until 2006, when she came over from the Dark Side. (No offense, gents.) As Gordon, she spent a mostly idyllic childhood in rural upstate New York, chasing butterflies and snakes. In college she gave up organic chemistry for painting, and served a term as chief of the Antioch College Fire Department. After graduating she moved to San Francisco, where she married and raised a family, and where she has remained. The transition from painting to writing has also been a pleasant surprise.

Her first book, “The Forest in the Hallway” (Clarion, 2006) was published before she became Bridget.