Fay Smart was born in Scotland, but her family moved to Hartford, Connecticut seven years later. She graduated from Mount Hoyoke College and married Mr. John Smart, Bible teacher and missionary statesman. For many years, she helped her husband editingThe Fields and Mission magazine, and after his death she did editorial work for Emmaus Bible School in Illinois. She contributed an article to Global Strategy and co-authored an Emmaus course. She went to be with the Lord in December, 2002.