E. L. Smith was born and raised in South Bend, Indiana. After attending college at Indiana University, Bloomington, Smith drove to Los Angeles in hopes of igniting a career in music. Ultimately, he befriended and worked with a multiplatinum music producer and many other talented musicians, but the secular music industry hype was not all that it was cracked up to be. So Smith tried his hand at writing, which has given him true satisfaction. He is currently married with four children.
