Daniel Smith (born October 7, 1977) is an American journalist and author of the 2012 book Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety.
[2][3] He wrote a humor column for the school's paper, The Justice, and was a member of its improv comedy troupe.
The article, "Shock and Disbelief," was about electroshock therapy, and would become the center of a libel suit against Smith and the magazine.
[8] His 2012 memoir Monkey Mind recounts the circumstances that led to his lifelong, occasionally crippling struggles with anxiety and its related symptoms.
[5][9] Monkey Mind was a New York Times bestseller,[10] and was included on Oprah Winfrey's 2013 list of 40 Books to Read Before Turning 40.