Thomas Smith is a medieval historian and author specializing in epistolary culture, communication, and narrative in the Middle Ages. He is the author of *Rewriting the First Crusade: Epistolary Culture in the Middle Ages* (Boydell & Brewer, 2024), which examines how letters and correspondence shaped contemporary understandings of the First Crusade. Smith’s research explores the ways written communication influenced historical memory, identity, and the transmission of information in medieval Europe. His work contributes to broader scholarship on medieval historiography and the cultural functions of writing in the construction of collective and historical narratives.