Michael V. Smith is a Canadian novelist, poet and filmmaker, originally from Cornwall, Ontario[1] and now living in Kelowna, British Columbia.
[3] Smith, openly gay,[2] is a graduate of the University of British Columbia's Creative Writing program.
He teaches at the University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus in the interdisciplinary Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies.
He served on the jury of the 2012 Dayne Ogilvie Prize, selecting Amber Dawn as that year's winner.
Smith also formerly performed as a drag queen, under the stage name Miss Cookie LaWhore.