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My name is Roanna Smith-Floyd (pen name Rowan Floyd, formerly Roanna Flowers), and I'm an author living and writing in Austin, Texas. I've written three award-winning comedic short films, one of which (#RIP) played in over 30 festivals world-wide including the Cannes Short Film Corner. My debut novel, TOO MUCH HEAVEN, is due to publish in late 2026 by Cackle Books.
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I was raised on The Three Stooges, Monty Python, Mel Brooks, and Bugs Bunny. While other kids in kindergarten were listening to Disney soundtracks, I was listening to standup comedy albums (and also Disney albums). And while I was picked Most Likely To Be A Standup Comic in the 1st grade, I didn't start writing comedy until 45th grade. I was too busy trying to be serious (for some reason).

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It didn't last.

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Now, I write comedic upmarket/literary fiction ("litcoms"). ​My short story "The Bitches of Eastwick" was published in the anthology Mixed Bag of Tricks, a collection of stories by women, about women, published by a woman-owned press, available at Alienated Majesty Books, BookPeople and Reverie Books in Austin, and available online wherever books are sold. In a previous life, I was an acquisitions editor for a national magazine and interviewed Governor Ann Richards, General Colin Powell, and composer Paul Williams. My claim to fame was asking a question that made Ann Richards speechless.

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When I'm not writing fiction, I'm writing for the state while trying to teach myself guitar and playing at learning French on DuoLingo so that my other dream of being a 21st century Yé-Yé Girl can come true.