Douglas Smith

Douglas Smith is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author born June 2, 1952. He is known primarily for short fiction, collected in Impossibilia and Chimerascope, before turning to longer series work with the Dream Rider Saga -- comprising The Hollow Boys, The Crystal Key, and The Lost Expedition -- and the fantasy series Herok'a. His earlier standalone novel The Wolf at the End of the World also draws on his interest in blending contemporary settings with speculative and mythic elements. Across two series and roughly thirty titles published over more than two decades, Smith has built a career centered on short-story craft before expanding into young-adult adventure fiction. Beyond his confirmed identity and bibliography in the Open Library catalog, further public biographical detail is limited.