Angela Smith

Angela Smith is a native Texan and award winning writer and working musician. She is a graduate of the University of North Texas and is a former reporter for the Associated Press. Executive Director Emeritus of the Writers' League of Texas, Smith is now a full-time freelancer. When she's not writing, editing or gigging as a pan player, cellist or pianist, you can find her gazing through a telescope at star clusters, galaxies and nebulae, talking politics, or promoting her most recent books WOMEN DRUMMERS: A HISTORY FROM ROCK AND JAZZ TO BLUES AND COUNTRY (Rowman & Littlefield) and STEEL DRUMS AND STEELBANDS: A HISTORY (Rowman & Littlefield).