Clayton Smith is the author of the novels Anomaly Flats, Na Akua, and Mabel Gray and the Wizard Who Swallowed the Sun, as well as the short story collections It Came from Anomaly Flats and Pants on Fire: A Collection of Lies.

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Michael Smith is the bestselling author of a wide variety of books on spies and special forces. He served in British military intelligence before becoming an award-winning journalist, working for the BBC, the Daily Telegraph, and the Sunday Times.

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Lauren Smith is an Oklahoma attorney by day and USA Today bestselling author by night who pens adventurous and edgy romance stories. Her novels have garnered multiple awards, including the New England Readers' Choice Award and the Greater Detroit Booksellers' Best Award. Find out more at laurensmithbooks.com.

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Though he primarily considered himself a poet, Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961) is widely considered a master of the fantasy, horror, and science fiction short story. He is perhaps best known as one of the "Big Three" of weird tales, along with H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard.

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Larry Smith is founder and editor of the personal storytelling community SMITH Magazine, the creator of the Six-Word Memoir project. He is also a contributing editor at ESPN Magazine and has been the articles editor of Men's Journal, a founding editor of P.O.V., and editor at Dave Eggers' Might magazine. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science, Men's Health, Salon, Slate, and elsewhere.

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Jennifer L. Scott is the New York Times bestselling author of Lessons from Madame Chic and creator of the blog The Daily Connoisseur. She is a contributing writer for Huffington Post Style and has been featured on CNN, BBC, and CBS News. Jennifer lives in Santa Monica, California.

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David A. Smith is a senior lecturer in American history at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He received his undergraduate degree from what is now Texas State University in San Marcos and his PhD in modern American history from the University of Missouri. He lives in Woodway, Texas, with his wife and children.

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Andrew Smith is the award-winning author of several novels, including the critically acclaimed Grasshopper Jungle, Winger, Ghost Medicine. He spent most of his formative years traveling the world. He has published numerous short stories and articles. Andrew lives in California.

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J. Eric Smith is a retired nonprofit executive and former Naval Supply Corps Officer who maintains a vibrant freelance writing and management consultant career from his home in Sedona, Arizona.

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Robert O. Smith is assistant professor of history at the University of North Texas and Enrolled Citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. He is the author of More Desired than Our Own Salvation: The Roots of Christian Zionism and Comprehending Christian Zionism: Perspectives in Comparison.

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Linda Tuhiwai Smith is vice-chancellor with responsibilities for Maori development at the University of Waikato, as well as dean of the University's School of Maori and Pacific Development. Her books include the coedited collections Decolonizing Research and Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education.

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Oliver Smith is an acclaimed travel writer who contributes to the Financial Times, the Times, and Outside magazine. He worked for Lonely Planet magazine for ten years. He won Travel Writer of the Year at the Travel Media Awards, was AITO Travel Writer of the Year three times, and was nominated for PPA Writer of the Year.

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