B. Sidney Smith

B. Sidney Smith served in the US Army as an enlisted soldier for five years in the 1980's, much of it spent driving M1 battle tanks around the German Countryside. Although the Chief Tobias mysteries are fictional, their themes, events, and characters are taken from these experiences.

After his discharge he returned to school, eventually earning a PhD in mathematics from the University of Colorado. While a college math teacher he became active in Radford University's Peace Studies program, and joined International Philosopher's for Peace and the Institute for Economic Democracy, for which he is now an editor and co-director.

Now a recovering math professor, he resides in central Virginia with his wife and their standard poodles, Hypatia and Madeleine, tending his garden and geese, editing and promoting books on economic democracy, and mulling over Chief Tobias' next adventure.

More of Sid's mathematical writings can be found on the Platonic Realms website, platonicrealms.com, and other work--including short stories featuring Chief Tobias--may be found on his personal website, www.bsidneysmith.com.