Author Description

Betty Ellington-Smith, an award-winning poet, screenwriter, and playwright, lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her husband, Peter, and her very best friend, Peanut, her Chihuahua. Born Betty Jo Byrd in the mountains of Kentucky, she graduated from the University of Memphis with a degree in Journalism, then was accepted at Murray State University as Graduate Assistant to the Dean of the Journalism Department. At the same time, she raised four children alone. Now, all the children are grown and functioning in the real world, leaving Smith to pursue the magic world of her imagination, a world that has sustained her during some very hard times. Currently, an award-winning musical, Something Light to Carry, that Smith wrote is going into production soon. Also, her award- winning screenplay, Holding Up The Sky, is in preproduction with an impressive crew attached. Not long ago, her husband remarked, “You know, Betty, you constantly write and win awards, but you never bother to show your work to the world.” So here is her work. See Betty’s web site, www.Ellington-Smith.com for more information.