Smith's books have won 'Book of the Year' awards in Colorado, Nevada, South Carolina, and Florida, as well as in his native Oregon. In 2008, Smith published the first book in the series I, Q, titled Independence Hall.

Peak, the story of a teenage boy obsessed with climbing mountains, Elephant Run and Tentacles(novel). Other novels by Smith include The Captain's Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe, Zach's Lie, Jack's Run, Cryptid Hunters, Sasquatch (novel), about a boy who searches for Bigfoot. The book continues Smith's theme, as teenage protagonist Jacob Lansa follows his biologist father to Africa where the father is researching elephants. In 1997, Smith published his first novel, Thundercave. Smith continued to draw upon his zoo experiences for other non-fiction titles, including Journey of the Red Wolf, which won an Oregon Book Award in 1996. After working to save wildlife following the Exxon Valdez oil spill, in 1990, he published his first book, Sea Otter Rescue, a non-fiction account of the process of animal rescue. Smith was born in Portland, Oregon, and graduated from Portland State University and, following a part-time job at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, began a 20-year career as a zookeeper, both at the Oregon Zoo and the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, Washington.

(Feb.Roland Smith is an American author of young adult fiction as well as nonfiction books for children. This unsatisfying journey is less about cryptids than it is about soap opera–esque family intrigue. An abrupt action sequence on the last few pages leaves many questions unanswered and plot lines dangling. Logic takes a back seat when a convoluted family tree begins to emerge (though the author plants a clue at the start, when he says of the twins, 'but you wouldn't know it if you saw them together')-it turns out Grace is not only Wolfe's daughter but Blackwood's granddaughter (Wolfe married Blackwood's daughter), while Marty is indeed Wolfe's nephew. Travis Wolfe, their uncle, is a reclusive 'cryptozoologist' who lives on the private island Cryptos and researches animals 'whose existence has not yet been proven scientifically.' Wolfe's archenemy, Noah Blackwood, a conservationist well-known for his animal theme parks (called 'Noah's Ark') and television appearances, is secretly a ruthless collector of rare species, which he then 'harvests.' Wolfe and Blackwood clash when an 'alleged dinosaur egg' enters the picture matters worsen when Grace and Marty are accidentally airdropped into the Congo, and Blackwood turns out to be hunting not just the egg but Grace herself. As the novel opens, 13-year-old twins Grace and Marty meet the uncle they never knew when their parents go down in a plane crash. Style adventures may be frustrated by the small role exotic creatures play in Smith's ( Zach's Lie

Cryptid hunters by roland smith