Welcome to the Official Web Site of author Greg Leitich Smith.  Greg writes picture books, short stories, and novels.

His latest novel, CHRONAL ENGINE, was released March 20, 2012, by Clarion Books (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).  It’s a mystery-adventure time-travel story about three teens who use their reclusive grandfather’s time machine to travel back to the Age of Dinosaurs to rescue their kidnapped sister and solve a family mystery.

Click Chronal Engine Activity Kit to download a free activity kit based on the novel!

Greg’s next novel, LITTLE GREEN MEN AT THE MERCURY INN, will be published by Roaring Brook Press in Spring 2014.  It’s a comedic middle grade story about three friends at a motel in Cocoa Beach, Florida, and what happens when a manned space launch at Kennedy Space Center is scrubbed due to the appearance of an unidentified flying object over Cape Canaveral.

Feel free to explore!