Frederick Smith, Ed.D.

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Love Is A Contact Sport - 6/16/26 on Bold Strokes Books ✍🏾📚💕🌈🐝 Romance author. Romance reader. Higher Ed Professional. Former TV news. Detroiter in Bay Area. All things Beyoncé. Email: FSmith827@gmail.com; Important Links: linktr.ee/FrederickLSmith

Love Is A Contact Sport cover features two Black men in an embrace. The taller one has light brown skin, bald head, and a beard, and is wearing a college athletics jacket. The shorter one has dark brown skin, twists and a fade haircut, and wearing a yellow sweatshirt with the words Black Romance Writer on it. The cover is purple with red, yellow, and white writing.

Nighttime skyline of Atlanta downtown skyscrapers.

Bouquet of yellow, purple, red, and green flowers

A collage of event flyers where Frederick Smith will be going to promote Love Is A Contact Sport in Summer and Fall 2026

Oscar-nominated actor Delroy Lindo, SFSU alum and honorary doctorate recipient, addressing the crowd at Oracle Park for SFSU 2026 Commencement.

Photo of Frederick Smith with book covers to Love Is A Contact Sport, Busy Ain’t The Half Of It, and One and Done, with information about Slay The Lake: Chicago Pride Book Fest.

A tray of glasses in the optometrist office.

Picture collage of Frederick Smith with covers of his seven novels.