Evans Lansing Smith, Ph.D.

Author of: Sacred Mysteries

Evans Lansing Smith received a B.A. in English from Williams College, an M.A. in Creative Writing from Antioch International (London and Dublin), and a Ph.D. in Literature from The Claremont Graduate School. He traveled with the late Joseph Campbell, on study tours of northern France, Egypt, and Kenya, and he studied literature in England, at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Since then, he has taught at colleges in California, Switzerland, Maryland, and Texas, where he is currently Professor of English at Midwestern State University, in Wichita Falls. He has published five previous books, and numerous articles, on comparative mythology and literature. He has been nominated for "International Writer of the Year 2003" by the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England. Lans is married to Michelle Ruppert, Director of the Honors Program at the University, and they have three children, Anita, Charles, and Angela. Lans and Michelle regularly deliver slide-illustrated lectures on mythology to a wide variety of audiences.


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