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Eric Smith

BSR Contributor Since July 7, 2025

Eric Smith (he/him) is a literary agent and award-winning author living (and writing) in Philadelphia.

Eric Smith is an award-winning author of Young Adult books and a literary agent living in Philadelphia. Over the course of his career, he's worked with New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed authors. His own novels include the With or Without You (a Junior Library Guild award-winner), Don't Read the Comments (a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Readers selection), Jagged Little Pill: The Novel (written with Alanis Morissette, Academy award-winner Diablo Cody, and Glen Ballard), and many more. He can often be found scouring records at Milkcrate, rummaging in used bookstores to fill his Little Free Library, and crying over every movie.

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Discover the best new books for young readers with Philly author Eric Smith

Stock your shelf with these great kid-lit reads just in time for the new school year
Award-winning local author Eric Smith, whose latest YA novel will be featured at the National Book Festival of the Library of Congress later this summer, rounds up his favorite new books for young readers, all by Philly-area writers.
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