Tim Smith is the author of Fault Line: Still Standing, a raw and unflinching memoir about survival, resilience, and the long shadow childhood trauma can cast over a life.

Raised in the rural South in an environment shaped by addiction, instability, and neglect, Smith writes with striking honesty about what it means to endure—and what it takes to rebuild. His work explores abuse, abandonment, identity, and the complicated process of learning to live beyond them.

Before becoming an author, Smith held a range of jobs—from short-order cook to shipyard laborer—eventually building a career in the financial sector. He now lives in Los Angeles with his husband and their four rescue dogs.

Fault Line is his first book.