Chen Smith is a memoirist and audio storyteller raised between Overland Park, Kansas, and their grandmother's apartment in New Taipei City. Born in 1986, Smith studied environmental science at the University of Washington and later taught writing at a community college in Tacoma. Before writing full-time, they worked as a bicycle mechanic, a ferry deckhand on Puget Sound, and a producer for a neighborhood radio show. Their essays have appeared in regional journals and on public radio affiliates. Smith lives in Seattle with their young son and a gray cat named Juniper, and leads workshops on narrative craft for community organizations.
