About Don Ray Smith

• Don Ray Smith grew up in Louisville, KY. Some of his most rewarding work has been as a newspaper reporter, a prize-winning freelance journalist,  a reading mentor, a pickle-weigher, a public relations man and a tour guide. But not in that order.

• Don Ray  is a member of  the Kentucky Storytelling Association and the Cherokee Round Table writer's group.

Don is a Mass Media (Journalism) and English Literature graduate of Morehead State University/Western Kentucky University. His humor, features and profiles have appeared in many regional publications, including the Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville Magazine, Kentucky Living Magazine, African American Journal, The Lane Report, LEO, The Cincinnati Enquirer and Louisville Business First newspaper. 

Published: Short-humor collections Feel My Humerus and Kentucky Shorts. Also the comic-romance novel, Racebook, or How He Found His Nubian Prin-cess.

 Kentucky Shorts ($10.00) and Racebook ($15.00) can be purchased through Don's PayPal account or directly from Don Ray Smith, 9014 Hurstbourne Ln., Louisville, KY. 40220. 

email: donthewriter@mac.com or call (502) 499-5664

Performed: Centre College, Danville Kentucky; DREAM Kentucky Storytelling Festival & Fundraiser, Williamstown, KY; Russell Theater under New Directions, Louisville; Woman's Club of Louisville; Little Loomhouse Annual Storytelling Festival, Louisville; Wandering Storytellers, Lexington; Kentucky Storytelling Conference; various festivals, community centers, theaters, coffee houses and senior care facilities in Kentucky, from Louisville to Harlan, Bowling Green to Shelbyville,  Owensboro to Eminence.