About the Author - Photographer
Russell Smith was born in Uvalde, Texas. He
started writing poems and short stories long before he graduated
from high school in 1969. He attended Southwest Texas Junior
College, Howard College and Angelo State University where the
majority of his classes dealt with criminal justice.
His law enforcement career began as a reserve deputy with the Tom
Green County Sheriff’s Department in 1977 and ended when he retired
as the San Angelo Texas Police Chief in 1999. This experience
spurred his professional writing career; he sold his first article
to a police trade magazine in 1980. A police photography class led
to his passion of capturing images on film, and now in digital
format.
Russell spent five years as an outdoor columnist for the San Angelo
Standard-Times and several magazines. He received numerous awards
for his writing and photography from the Texas Outdoor Writers’
Association. His photographs have appeared in The Bugle, Texas
Sportsman, Ranch and Rural Living, Fishing and Hunting News and
numerous newspapers.
