G Todd SmithG. Todd Smith, a lifelong writer and former journalist, draws his inspiration from Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Willie Morris and Walker Percy with a healthy dash of Tennessee Williams, Shelby Foote and Harper Lee thrown in for god measure. He was inspired by his mother to tell the family story about Josie who in 1906 forever became an integral part of their cherished Mississippi heritage.A proud Baylor University alumnus, Smith began his career as a staff writer for The Washington Times, where he covered business, general assignments, police, features and was the country music critic - and served as a speech writer for the George H.W. Bush for President campaign. Smith, a senior level branding expert with more than 37 years of experience, recently re-launched Deane Read More Read Less