Patti F. Smith is the author of three nonfiction books: Vanishing Ann Arbor, Downtown Ann Arbor (Images of America) and A History of the People's Food Co-op Ann Arbor and of one novel. She has written for CraftBeer.com, West Suburban Living magazine, Concentrate, Mittenbrew, The Ann, AADL's Pulp blog and the Ann Arbor Observer. Patti is a frequent public speaker around town, curating HERsay (an all-woman variety show), Grown Folks Reading (story time for grownups), May It Please the Court? (all-lawyer show) and telling stories at Ignite, Nerd Nite, Tellabration and Telling Tales Out of School. Patti serves as a storyteller in the Ann Arbor Storytellers' Guild, and she volunteers for the Ann Arbor Film Festival. Patti lives with her husband, Ken Anderson, and dog, Pugsley Anderson-Smith, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She loves a good Pilsner in the summer, an Oktoberfest in the fall and stouts all year round.