

Smith published his first book, Hoodoo, with Clarion Books in 2015. His love of fantasy and science fiction novels began as a child, but he first worked as a writer in advertising before turning to writing children's fiction. Smith was born in Maine to a military family that moved frequently he also lived in Japan, Alabama, Michigan, Washington, DC, South Carolina, and Delaware, among other places. For Hoodoo, Smith won the American Library Association's Coretta Scott King/ John Steptoe Award for New Talent. He is the author of Hoodoo (2015), The Mesmerist (2017), Black Panther: The Young Prince (2018), The owls have come to take us away (2019), and Gloom Town (2020).

Smith at the Gaithersburg Book Festival 2016
