THE FOUNDER
GORDANA SMITH
Author, storyteller and founder of Forbidden Prayers.
Gordana Smith is the author of Book of the Silenced, the Amazon bestselling, multi-award-winning memoir on which Forbidden Prayers is based. She survived the war in Bosnia and afterward served as an interpreter for the American peacekeeping forces. A linguist by background, she has lived her life between languages, cultures and continents.
She founded Forbidden Prayers to bring true stories of faith to the screen, beginning with her own family’s. She has spoken at Flagler College, the Florida Authors and Publishers Association, Rotary clubs and women’s luncheons, and has shared her story on 904 Now, WSOS 103.9 FM and 95.1 WAPN.
Gordana is a member of International Christian Visual Media, the Florida Authors and Publishers Association, the Independent Book Publishers Association and the Florida Writers Association. She lives in St. Augustine, Florida, with her husband, Larry, and their son, Mikey.
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