VA Smith is an award-winning, former teaching professor of English at Penn State University and founder of Philadelphia’s Chancellor Writing Services. Her work has dropped into dozens of literary journals and anthologies, among them, Calyx, Quartet, The Southern Review, and Crab Creek Review. She has also been nominated for multiple Pushcart Prizes, as well as Best of the Net.

Her first two books, Biking Through the Stone Age (2022) and American Daughters (2023) were published by Kelsay Books. Her third book, Adaptations, will be released in 2025.

Currently, VA hones her poetic rhythms walking and biking, serves as a home chef/caterer, and loves on her friends, family, partner, Peloton, and dog.