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Roland Smith

Biography

Roland Smith

Roland Smith was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. When he was five years old his parents gave him an old manual typewriter that weighed more than he did! It was his favorite possession. He spent hours in his room clacking away on that old typewriter. Of course, when he was five he didn’t know how to spell and he barely knew how to read, but he loved the sound and the look of the letters on the crisp white paper.
 
Things haven’t changed much since then. Smith still spends several hours a day in his room clacking away and he still loves the sound of the keyboard and the look of the letters and words that eventually turn into stories. The only difference is that he can read now and he spells a lot better.