Brooke Smith is a poet and children’s book author. Her most recent book is The Keeper of Wild Words. She lives in Bend, Oregon, at the end of a long cinder lane. Brooke writes daily from her studio, looking at the meadow and many of the wild words she cherishes.

Purchase The Keeper of Wild Words from Green Bean Books, one of our Portland-based, independent bookstore partners HERE.

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