Smith, Lori 1971–

PERSONAL:

Born October 4, 1971.

ADDRESSES:

Home—VA. E-mail—austenquotes@gmail.com.

CAREER:

Freelance writer.

WRITINGS:

The Single Truth: Challenging the Misconceptions of Singleness with God's Consuming Truth, Destiny Image (Shippensburg, PA), 2002.

A Walk with Jane Austen: A Journey into Adventure, Love, and Faith, WaterBrook Press (Colorado Springs, CO), 2007.

Contributor to periodicals, including Publishers Weekly, Washingtonian, BreakPoint Online, Today's Christian Woman, Skirt!, and Washington Post Book World. Also contributor to Beliefnet.com and author of the blog Jane Austen Quote of the Day.

SIDELIGHTS:

Lori Smith is a freelance writer. Born on October 4, 1971, Smith is a contributor to a number of national mainstream media outlets. These include Publishers Weekly, Washingtonian, BreakPoint Online, Today's Christian Woman, Skirt!, and Washington Post Book World. A longtime admirer of the works of Jane Austen, she also serves as the author of the Jane Austen Quote of the Day Web log.

Smith published her first book, The Single Truth: Challenging the Misconceptions of Singleness with God's Consuming Truth, in 2002 through Destiny Image. The account discusses Smith's personal experiences as a single woman and adds the extra dimension of how this affects her relationship with God. She talks about how her religious convictions help her succeed and thrive in whatever she chooses to do, despite not having the regular support of a physical partner. The book uses her own anecdotes, journal entries, and Scripture to impart to readers that living as a single person is no better or worse than living with a spouse, but rather, it is just a different means of existence in the same world.

Smith published her second book, A Walk with Jane Austen: A Journey into Adventure, Love, and Faith, in 2007 through WaterBrook Press. This personal account expounds on the life of famed late-eighteenth- to early-nineteenth-century English novelist Jane Austen. Smith uses her singles perspective here again to cast new light on several characters in Austen's novels and on the author's own spiritual convictions. Smith formats the account by placing it as the backdrop of her trip to London, Derbyshire, and other significant locales that appear in Austen's writings. A contributor to Today's Christian Woman remarked that this book "of love and travel, food and faith will satisfy."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

BOOKS

Smith, Lori, The Single Truth: Challenging the Misconceptions of Singleness with God's Consuming Truth, Destiny Image (Shippensburg, PA), 2002.

Smith, Lori, A Walk with Jane Austen: A Journey into Adventure, Love, and Faith, WaterBrook Press (Colorado Springs, CO), 2007.

PERIODICALS

Today's Christian Woman, November 1, 2002, Amy M. Tatum, review of The Single Truth; January 1, 2008, review of A Walk with Jane Austen.

ONLINE

Jane Austen Today,http://janitesonthejames.blogspot.com/ (September 28, 2007), author interview.