D. Smith. (1996)David C. Smith was born on August 10, 1952, in Youngstown, Ohio. He is the author or coauthor of 18 adventure-fantasy and horror novels. He has also written Understanding English, an English grammar textbook, and many short stories. He and his wife, Janine, live just outside Chicago, Illinois, where Smith works as a medical editor.
This article originally appeared in slightly different form in Bocere, volume 1, number 3 (August 1995) through volume 2, number 1 (April 1996), as a contribution to the Robert E. Howard United Press Association..