Ron Smith is the author and editor of numerous books, including the award-winning Elf the Eagle and The Defiant Mind: Living Inside a Stroke. An excerpt from this book was translated into eighteen languages by Reader's Digest and published in over twenty-two countries. In 2002 he received an honorary doctorate from U.B.C. and in 2005 he was the inaugural Fulbright Chair in Creative Writing at Arizona State University. Elf's Family Tree is the sequel to his earlier illustrated children's book. He lives with his wife, the writer Patricia Jean Smith, in Nanoose Bay on Vancouver Island where he daily searches the sky for eagles in full flight.

An antique strongbox filled with a cache of Old West artifacts - and gold! Hidden in a place that time has forgotten. Tony Howard had once been a rock star, and the son of a Hollywood legend. That ride ended abruptly, and he became one of those celebrities whose names are always preceded by the phrase, "Whatever happened to?" Now, the hapless has-been is on the cusp of fame once again as he pursues an extraordinary treasure hidden in the Rocky Mountains. With his grifter girlfriend, Tony will have to decipher a perplexing trail of clues, dealt out by an eccentric novelist with a colorful past of his own. Tony will have to outsmart a horde of other treasure hunters who are equally determined to claim the prize.
In Treasure At Beaver Creek, Ron Smith spins a tale of adventure, subterfuge, and desperate people taking desperate measures. Set in the spectacular gold mine district of southern Colorado, Smith brings to life a cast of colorful characters and a bit of history that few have heard of.
A true page-turner for action/adventure fans.