Obert Skye
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Obert Skye | |
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| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Notable works | Leven Thumps |
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Obert Skye is an American children's writer known for the Leven Thumps series and the Pillage Trilogy.[1] He has also written several other novels that include The Creature from My Closet, Witherwood Reform School, and The Lord of the Hat.
Obert Skye is a pen name, and there have been some theories as to who Skye's real identity is. He answers to Obert Skye, signs it in all his books, and when asked in an interview if it was his real name he said “Sure, why not?…I would never admit to it not being my name.”[2] But no one really knows for sure. There has been some speculation that Skye is really LDS author Robert Farrell Smith, but again, such speculations have been found only in blog post comments and in various corners of the Internet.[3]
Skye places great emphasis on the imagination in his novels and on discovering the impossible in the mundane. Even the Obert Skye pen name, which is used to further "research" on the world of Foo in Leven Thumps and the existence of dragons in Pillage, is “all about imagination” and “thinking bigger and beyond the books.”[4] Imagination is one of the most powerful things in the world, according to Skye. “What doesn’t it make better?” he asks. “It makes school better; it makes problems better. Imagination makes life more textured; it’s a vehicle that opens your mind to the impossible.”[5]
Published books
- (2005) Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo (first book of the Leven Thumps series)
- (2006) Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret (second book of the Leven Thumps series)
- (2007) Professor Winsnicker's Book of Proper Etiquette for Well-mannered Sycophants (companion book to the Leven Thumps series)
- (2007) Leven Thumps and the Eyes of the Want (third book of the Leven Thumps series)
- (2008) Pillage (first book of the Pillage Trilogy)
- (2008) Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra (fourth book of the Leven Thumps series)
- (2009) Leven Thumps and the Ruins of Alder (fifth book of the Leven Thumps series)
- (2010) Choke (second book of the Pillage Trilogy)
- (2011) Beyond Foo: Geth and the Return of the Lithens (first book of Beyond Foo, the trilogy that comes after the Leven Thumps series)
- (2011) Wonkenstein: The Creature from My Closet
- (2012) Ambush (third book of the Pillage Trilogy)
- (2012) Beyond Foo: Geth and the Deception of Dreams (second book of Beyond Foo)
- (2012) Potterwookiee: The Creature from My Closet
- (2013) Pinocula: The Creature from My Closet
- (2014) Katfish: The Creature from My Closet
- (2015) Witherwood Reform School
- (2015) The Lord of the Hat
- (2016) Lost & Found
References
- ^ Deseret News Jun. 17, 2005. [dead link]
- ^ "The Author Hour Interview with Obert Skye - Obert Skye". Obert Skye. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ "Book Adventures: Friday's Highlight: Obert Skye (With Some Ben Sowards Thrown in!)". www.book-adventures.com. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ "The Author Hour Interview with Obert Skye - Obert Skye". Obert Skye. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ "Imagination makes everything better - Obert Skye". Obert Skye. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
External links
- Obert Skye at the MLCA Database
- Obert Skye at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Obert Skye at Library of Congress, with 22 library catalog records
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