Born in 1946 in Blackpool but raised in Devon, Sam Smith has been a novelist his entire adult life. Sam has travelled extensively, though ended up in Somerset with the love of his life. He has three daughters. Now their daughters have grown, Sam and his wife live in Blaengarw. Sam has published many works and has been involved in countless literary events throughout his career; even experimenting with setting poetry to jazz at the Nunney Jazz Cafe, on the same stage as the great Pee Wee Ellis.