Shawn Scott Smith is a writer, creature painter and a dabbler in the creative arts. He has published music, comics and other endeavors by artists of all kinds. He founded con-news.com in 2007, a news site devoted to fandom conventions across the country and ran the site till 2013.

He plays pinball, and likes to meet new people.

He lives in Asheville, .
All of his adventures are documented on his website at luckycreature.com and most social media spots @luckycreature