About
Curtis Smith's stories and essays have appeared in over fifty literary journals including American Literary Review, Mid-American Review, CutBank, Night Train, Mississippi Review, Lake Effect, Greensboro Review, The Humanist, Passages North, South Dakota Review, Hobart, West Branch, William and Mary Review and many others. His work has been included in a number of anthologies and nominated for a half dozen Pushcarts. His work has been named to the Best American Short Stories Distinguished Stories List, The Best American Mystery Stories Distinguished Stories List, and the Notable Writing list of The Best American Spiritual Writing.
His first novel, An Unadorned Life, was released two years ago. March Street Press has released two collections of his short-short stories, Placing Ourselves Among the Living and In the Jukebox Light. The Species Crown, a collection of stories and a novella, was released by Press 53 in 2007. Sound and Noise, his second novel, was put out by Casperian Books in 2008.
His next two books will be The Agnostic's Prayer, a collection of nonfiction (Sunnyoutside Press, 2009) and Love Chooses You, a story collection (Press 53, 2010).
Curtis lives and works in Pennsylvania with his wife, Michele, and son, Evan.