David J. Smith est un enseignant, écrivain pour enfants et consultant en éducation.
Son livre "If the World Were a Village: A Book About the World's People" (illustré par Shelagh Armstrong), publié en 2002 a reçu de nombreux prix internationaux.
2014 "If: A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers"
2009 "If America Were a Village: A Book about the People of the United States"
1992 "Mapping the World by Heart"