Matthew Smith

Publishing Professional | De Gruyter Brill

Matthew Smith is a highly respected publishing professional with over 30 years’ experience in discovering, developing, producing, and commercialising books and high-value content. Across his career, he has commissioned, developed, and published more than 3,000 titles spanning print, digital, and audio formats, working across academic, professional, business, fiction, and non-fiction markets.

Matthew’s career includes successful roles as a bookseller, commissioning editor, publishing director, and content packager. He also founded leading  independent publisher Urbane Publications and the publishing consultancy Exprimez, supporting authors and organisations to bring strong ideas to market with clarity and commercial focus.

He currently leads the business publishing team at De Gruyter Brill, one of the world’s leading international academic and professional publishers.

Matthew was the very first person I spoke to about my early ideas for Balancing Act: Mastering Work, Wealth and Wellbeing. He immediately connected with the concept, recognised its potential, and championed it within De Gruyter Brill. From that initial conversation through to publication, his insight, challenge, and belief in the work have been invaluable.

When you go on the journey to becoming an author, one of the most important things you can have is someone who will tell you the truth about what they think, with integrity, experience, and the reader firmly in mind. Matthew does exactly that. I am genuinely thrilled with the end product and deeply grateful for his support throughout the process.