David C. Smith

David C. Smith, born August 10, 1952, is an American author of fantasy, horror and science fiction, teacher and editor of medical journals. He is best known for his collaborations with Richard L. Tierney on works featuring characters created by Robert E. Howard, notably six novels featuring Red Sonja and one featuring Bran Mak Morn. He also wrote a novel featuring Howard's Black Vulmea without Tierney. Smith was born in in Youngstown, Ohio, and c... more

David C. Smith, born August 10, 1952, is an American author of fantasy, horror and science fiction, teacher and editor of medical journals. He is best known for his collaborations with Richard L. Tierney on works featuring characters created by Robert E. Howard, notably six novels featuring Red Sonja and one featuring Bran Mak Morn. He also wrote a novel featuring Howard's Black Vulmea without Tierney. Smith was born in in Youngstown, Ohio, and currently lives outside Chicago, Illinois with wife Janine and daughter Lilia. As a fiction writer Smith has authored or co-authored eighteen novels and numerous short stories. His non-fiction credits include a textbook on English grammar, written when he was a classroom teacher, and various essays. Smith's most active period as a writer was from the 1970s through the early 1990s. He has written comparatively less fiction since, concentrating on his primary career as an editor of medical journals. This has included a stint as a medical editor... less