About

I'm Scott Holden Smith. Partner at Smith & Connors. I make art, write, and build experiments.

Timeline

1972 Born in Flushing, Queens

1977 Moved to Plainview, Long Island

1990 Started college at SUNY Buffalo

1995 MFA in creative writing, fiction from Columbia University

1999 Married Talie Smith

— In New York, worked at a tech startup, PEN American Center, taught at LaGuardia Community College, worked briefly at Pearson Publishing

2005 First child, Isabella, born

2006 Moved to Portland

— Worked as strategist at design agencies Downstream and Second Story Interactive Studios

2010 Second child, Charlotte, born

2013 Started Smith & Connors