Smith is the award winning author of the Cryptid Hunters series of young adult books. His work is widely read and taught within the Wood River Valley. In the series, two teenagers are sent to live with their uncle, an anthropologist who has dedicated his life to finding cryptids, mysterious creatures believed to be long extinct. These exciting stories, in the spirit of Tarzan of the Apes, follow the kids on adventures around the world as they search for mysterious creatures.