Debut Novel FROM BINDERY Books
FROM OUR BLOOD
After surviving a deadly fire, artist Ari transfers to the obscure Easton College. But a history of missing Black locals surrounds the school. Once the body of a Black student is found on campus, Ari fears she’s next.
Ari will do anything to survive, including seduction. Even if she burns too.
All that glitters isn't gold. It's blood and bone.
COMING TO YOU SUMMER 2027
Smith’s “prose is exacting, in a way that cuts to the quick: a blade, sharpened by years of keen observation. It’s no small feat to turn trauma into art.”
— TAYLOR GROTHE, author of Hollow
“This is, truly, an excellent opening...that is beautifully written, daring, complicated, fraught, and very compelling.”
— NATHAN OATES, author of Flaw in the Design
ShaRDAI smith
Shardai Smith holds B.A.s in creative writing and political science and an M.A. in creative writing from Seton Hall University. She’s a graduate of NYU's Summer Publishing Institute and currently works in book publishing at W. W. Norton & Co. Her novella, Fondle, was a 2025 Clay Reynolds Novella Prize Finalist.
Her first novel, From Our Blood, is forthcoming from Bindery Books in 2027. She can be found online @shardai_smith/h.
Agent: Eric Smith @ Neighborhood Literary
