Jerrie Marcus Smith and Allison Smith

The Trials and Tribulations of Self-Publishing

Jerrie Marcus Smith is a multi-generational Texan who has lived in

Dallas most of her life.  She graduated from The  Hockaday school and

later Smith College and returned to Dallas with a Yankee husband who

chose to continue his life here.  They have 5 children, who live all

over the world, and 11 grandchildren.  Her first book, Things As They

Are at Nonesuch Farm, was privately printed in 2006.  Reflection of a

Man, the Photographs of Stanley Marcus, was published by The Cairn

Press in 2007.  Currently she and her husband live in Fredericksburg,

Texas and Rockport, Maine.

Allison V. Smith is a freelance photographer living in Dallas. Prior to

freelancing, Allison worked as a staff photographer for the Dallas Morning

News.  Allison's current clients include The New York Times, Spirit Magazine

and Dwell Magazine. Her personal work is a photographic study of Marfa,

Texas. She is represented by the Barry Whistler Gallery in Dallas and has

photographs in the permanent collections at the Dallas Museum of Art and the

Museum of Fine Art. Her most recent projects include publishing Reflection

of a Man with her mother Jerrie Marcus Smith and accepting the role as staff

photographer for KittyWigs.com .