Sun Valley, AZ Author Publishes Children's Book

Through the Mist: A Story for Children 10 to 100, a new book by Willie P. Smith, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc.

Willie P. Smith was born on December 13, 1937, and raised on a farm outside Thompsonville, Illinois. He moved to Benton, Illinois, when he was twelve. He has served his community by enlisting in the Navy (four years), Coast Guard (two years), working for the San Diego Police Department (thirty years), and Yavapai, Co. Arizona Sheriff Department (S&R, ten years).

Smith has four wonderful grown children, nine grandchildren, and twenty great-grandchildren. He was very happily married to his high school sweetheart for sixty years, now deceased.

Smith has written and published two books: Mysteria (Children) and his autobiography, Autobiography of a Nobody, Then till Now. He has also written and published many poems of all genres. One of his poems is engraved on two monuments in front of the San Diego PD and in the police officer cemetery, El Camino.

Through the Mist is an enjoyable addition to the children's fiction and romance genres.

Through the Mist: A Story for Children 10 to 100 is a 58-page hardcover with a retail price of $27.00. The ISBN is 978-1-4809-9702-8. It was published by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, or to request a review copy, please go to our virtual pressroom at www.dorrancepressroom.com or our online bookstore bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com.