Originally from Detroit, Michigan, Frederick Smith is a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism, Loyola University Chicago, and Loyola Marymount University. He lives in Los Angeles. He is author of Play it Forward (Bold Strokes Books), Right Side of the Wrong Bed (a Lambda Literary Award finalist), and Down For Whatever. He can be contacted at www.FrederickLSmith.com or Instagram/Twitter: @FSmith827