Stephen will speak at the Southwest Manuscripters monthly meeting on March 15, 2010. The meeting starts at 7pm and is being held at the Palos Verdes Library (701 Silver Spur Road, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274, 310-377-9584). Southwest Manuscripters has been around since 1949 and has hosted such speakers as Ray Bradbury, Rod Serling, Caroly... [More]

In 1989 Stephen Smoke wrote the novel Trick of the Light (published by Beyond Words Publishing, the same company that published The Secret). At that time he released an album with the same title. It was a small effort but it included such well known and respected musicians as Garth Hudson (keyboard player for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group, ... [More]

Companies of all sizes have a social, economic, and environmental impact on their communities. It's easy to see that employees and stockholders are directly and negatively impacted when corporations and their executives are not held accountable for their actions. At the same time Corporate America creates jobs, provides benefits, and produces goo... [More]

Torrance, California - The Bill of Responsibilities In-School Program was rolled out for the second school year in a row on December 7th, at the First Lutheran Church and (Middle) School in Torrance, California.   "This is very gratifying," said Stephen Smoke, author of the Teen Bill of Responsibilities. "This school was the first to do the pr... [More]

Stephen's newest novel, The Prince of Palos Verdes, was featured at the Concours de Elegance's 2008 Tour d’Epicure Road Rallye in Palos Verdes, California. This year's event had a mystery motiff and each participant received a copy of The Prince of Palos Verdes. Stephen is seen below getting ready to sign books at Trump International after th... [More]