Burt Smith has been working as a design engineer in the aircraft industry for the past 20 years. During this time Burt has worked on five different continents and visited nine different countries. Burt has been interested in writing since high school. Although Burt travels extensively, he calls North Idaho his home and enjoys hunting and fishing when he can. Hugging Marshmallows is his first book and feels blessed that he has been able to work on it with his wife and co-author,