Wild Marbles

Marty Smedes is a retired school teacher. She and her husband Harry live in the mountains near Grants Pass, Oregon. After raising a family, Marty enrolled in Southern Oregon University where she completed her studies in three years and received her Bachelor’s degree in Education with specialization in early childhood education. Her first book “Fanny the Fanciful Frog” was written while she was teaching first and second graders. It is a coloring book and a complete story. Her ideas for stories about Jasper were conceived as a result of field trips and discussions with her husband, who is a geology professor. Marty reads and tells stories to children in Grants Pass schools, Day Care Centers, and a bookstore, meanwhile working on a dozen more children’s stories. Craig Honeycutt is a freelance artist and illustrator who lives and teaches in Ashland, Oregon. He received his undergraduate degree from Southern Oregon State College (now University) and his Master of Science degree from the University of Oregon. Craig teaches at Southern Oregon University, Rogue Community College, Ashland School District, and his own studio.