Aaron Smith is an author, freelance journalist and newspaper editor who writes for a range of print and online publications.
Aaron Smith was born in the UK and grew up in Tasmania, Australia.
[2][3] Upon returning to Australia in 2009, Smith completed a master's degree in journalism from the University of Tasmania and now writes for various publications.
He won a Queensland Clarion Journalism Award for Indigenous Issues Reporting in 2014.
[11] Smith has appeared at Literary Festivals talking about his book, including Christchurch Writers Festival 2012[12] and San Francisco's 2013 LitQuake Festival[13] Smith's second book, Chasing El Dorado, a South American Adventure was published in 2014 in Australia and New Zealand by Transit Lounge Publishing.