Warren Smith (author)

Warren Billy Smith, (Iowa, 1931–2003) was an American author who wrote books on cryptozoology and the hollow earth theory.

Life and career

Smith was a writer born in West Virginia, who lived in Iowa starting in 1953, living first in Davenport, then Durant, and from 1960 in Clinton, Iowa until his death on May 9, 2003. He published many newspaper reviews of automobiles, newspaper and magazine articles on boating and other subjects, and from 1965 until near his death, a huge number (over fifty) paranormal books on topics such as Bigfoot, ancient astronauts, Atlantis and lost cities.[1]

He is most well known for his books on the Hollow earth, and his book on Bigfoot called Strange Abominable Snowmen.[2][3] His book This Hollow Earth was a popular book on the hollow earth theory which discussed evidence from ancient myths and legends such as the Buddhist city of Agharta to the ideas of a physical hell found in religious texts to conclude they were based on actual places inside the earth. He also discussed in the book that there are tunnels in specific locations such as mountains in South America which lead into the interior of the earth.[4][5] He published a number of books under the pseudonym of Eric Norman and he co-wrote various books with the paranormal writer Brad Steiger.

Bibliography

Writing under Warren Smith:

Writing under the pseudonym Eric Norman:


Writing under the pseudonym Robert E. Smith:

References

  1. ↑ Warren B. Smith Papers, University of Iowa Libraries
  2. ↑ Bigfoot Casebook Updated, Sightings and Encounters from 1818 to 2004, by Janet & Colin Bord, foreword by Loren Coleman
  3. ↑ Do Bigfoot roam Southern California?
  4. ↑ Alec Maclellan, The lost world of Agharti: the mystery of Vril power, Souvenir Press, 1982
  5. ↑ Jerome Clark, Extraordinary encounters: an encyclopedia of extraterrestrials and otherworldly beings, ABC-CLIO, 2000