S.L. Smith is a horror and dark fantasy writer, who cultivates the beauty in the forbidden, the sanguine in the horrific, and the truths in the lies. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, he has studied classical and modern literature, focusing on various theories about free will and predetermination. S.L. Smith currently resides in South Carolina with his fiance and their two cats. He is currently working on Grimmlocke, the follow up novel to Orion's Key.