David Smith (born 1982) is an American suspense novelist and former search-and-rescue dispatcher. Raised in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, he studied geology at Fort Lewis College and later worked as a cartographic technician with the U.S. Forest Service. His reporting on water rights and wildfire recovery appeared in regional magazines, and he has taught map-reading workshops for volunteer crews. He lives in Bellingham, Washington, where he hikes in the North Cascades and writes early in the mornings.
