Smith was a science reporter and photographer for The Beacon in Research Triangle Park,
before moving to Canada and opening his first design company.

He now lives in Tokyo, Japan, where he recently established Polyglot Studios, KK.
His cats are Bibi and Onion.

He is the grandson of the late North Carolina Poet Laureate, Secretary of the Arts, and
national president of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association, Dr. Sam Ragan.