Smith worked as an educational writer and technologist for a Houghton Mifflin design house and for a time served as the president of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets.[1] As of 2018, Smith is officially retired.[5] Since 2011, Smith has launched 13 successful funded campaigns on the crowdfunding platform kickstarter.[5] These projects include books, role-playing games and card games that Smith has designed himself.[5]
Personal life
Lester Smith is an alumnus of Illinois State University.[5] He married his wife Jennifer and they had four daughters together.[5] In 2015, Smith and his wife moved to Loma, Nebraska to live closer to family.[5]