Keri Smith, author portrait
© Jefferson Pitcher

Keri Smith

Keri Smith is a bestselling author, illustrator, and thinker. Her books include Wreck This Journal, The Wander Society, This is Not a Book, How to Be an Explorer of the World, Mess, Finish This Book, The Pocket Scavenger, Wreck This Journal Everywhere, Everything Is Connected, and The Imaginary World of... as well as Wreck This App, This is Not an App, and the Pocket Scavenger app. She enjoys spending time with her husband, experimental musician Jefferson Pitcher, and two children.

Wreck This Picture Book
The Line
Wreck This Journal: Now in Color
The Wander Society
The Imaginary World Of...
Wreck This Journal Everywhere
Everything Is Connected
The Pocket Scavenger
Saccage ce carnet
Wreck This Journal (Duct Tape) Expanded Edition
Finish This Book
Mess
This Is Not a Book
How to Be an Explorer of the World

Books

Wreck This Picture Book
The Line
Wreck This Journal: Now in Color
The Wander Society
The Imaginary World Of...
Wreck This Journal Everywhere
Everything Is Connected
The Pocket Scavenger
Saccage ce carnet
Wreck This Journal (Duct Tape) Expanded Edition
Finish This Book
Mess
This Is Not a Book
How to Be an Explorer of the World

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