Phyllis Sterling Smith

Long associated with Berkeley, California, Phyllis Sterling Smith was described by her publisher as a longtime resident there. The same source says she and her husband, a professor at the University of California, traveled widely and lived for extended periods in Brazil, Australia, Romania, Germany, and the Philippines.

Available book information describes her published work as including short stories, articles, prize-winning poetry, and translations of Portuguese poetry. Her novel Ai Is a Three-Toed Sloth was presented as her first novel.

Publicly available information about her appears to be limited, so many personal details are not easy to confirm online. What does come through clearly is the breadth of her interests and the international experience behind her writing.