John Warren Smith

John Warren Smith first came to the attention of the book world with his history of an actual slave plantation in Texas, which he novelized into a story of his family from 1834 to 1869: "No Holier Spot of Ground - a Texas Story." In the novel "Goodby to Innocence" he returns to the Texas scene with a story of injustice peculiar to Texas. This time he has shortened his work, provided gripping trial scenes, and faithfully recorded the sad growing up of a boy in a small, college town that should...See more

John Warren Smith first came to the attention of the book world with his history of an actual slave plantation in Texas, which he novelized into a story of his family from 1834 to 1869: "No Holier Spot of Ground - a Texas Story." In the novel "Goodby to Innocence" he returns to the Texas scene with a story of injustice peculiar to Texas. This time he has shortened his work, provided gripping trial scenes, and faithfully recorded the sad growing up of a boy in a small, college town that should provide the perfect place to grow up - but for one thing. The idyllic place slowly reveals its deep bigotry covered only slightly by a thin layer of Southern hospitality when the bodies of three Negroes burned in a fire reveal they had been murdered. The author knows about such towns because he grew up there. He has lived in Texas all his life except for a short stint in the armed forces (in California and Korea) and in school in New York City. He holds degrees from Sam Houston State, Columbia, and the University of Texas in Austin. In between these two works, Smith has published several other works, all of which are available on Amazon.com or ... A widower, he lives in Houston near his two sons, where he is at work on another story of another Texas murder. See less