Penny Smith, BSN, RN is a (US) nationally certified hospice and palliative care nurse, social media influencer and best selling author. Penny has over 20 years of experience and has worked in a variety of care settings and roles within hospice including inpatient, home case management, education, quality and regulatory. She recently retired from her position as a hospice quality assurance nurse. Penny is a passionate advocate for hospice education with a mission to normalize the end-of-life process to remove the stigma and fear around hospice care, death, and dying. She utilizes her expertise to provide education to a worldwide audience on her social media platforms where she has gathered over 2 million followers. Her book, Influencing Death: Reframing Dying for Better Living (GFB, 2025) released on January 14, 2025 and has sold over 8,000 copies.

Penny lives in the mountains of Eastern Washington with her husband Randy, her cat Pam and her cattle dog Kevin.

Represented by: Lindsey Smith