Michael Farris Smith

Michael Farris Smith was born in McComb, Missippi. He was raised in a deeply religious family; Smith's father was a Southern Baptist minister. He earned a B.A. from Mississippi State University, an M.Ed. from William Carey College, and a Ph.D. from the University of Southern Mississippi. After graduating from Mississippi State, Smith spent several years living abroad in Switzerland and France. He began writing fiction while studying at the University of Southern Mississippi's Center for Writers. Smith taught at Auburn University and at Mississippi University for Women, where he was an associate professor of English. He is married and lives with his wife and two daughters in Oxford, Mississippi.