David C. Smith

David C. Smith (born August 10, 1952, in Youngstown, Ohio) is the author or coauthor of more than two dozen novels and short story collections, primarily in the sword-and-sorcery, horror, and suspense genres, including the Red Sonja series (Ace Books, 1981-1983), cowritten with Richard L. Tierney; the Oron series (Zebra Books, 1978-1983); and the fantasy trilogy The Fall of the First World (Pinnacle Books, 1983). His most recent publications include Dark Muse (2019); Bright Star (2019); Tales of Attluma (2020); Waters of Darkness (2020), cowritten with Joe Bonadonna; and Sometime Lofty Towers (2020), all published by Pulp Hero Press. Smith won the 2019 Atlantean Award for Outstanding Achievement, Book, for Robert E. Howard:  A Literary Biography (Pulp Hero Press, 2018). Following stints as an advertising copywriter and English teacher, Smith worked for nearly 30 years as a medical editor, including serving 17 years as managing editor of a peer-reviewed orthopaedic journal. He lives in Palatine, Illinois, with his wife, Janine, their daughter, Lily. His website is available at http://blog.davidcsmith.net/ and his Wikipedia page is available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_C._Smith_(author).