After 24 years touring as an award-winning, platinum-selling, country music singer-songwriter, Granger Smith chose to leave the music business to pursue ministry. Honoring his late son, River, his first book "Like A River" became a New York Times bestseller. His follow up, Up Toward the Light, is a beautiful children’s book that draws inspiration from a story detailed in Like a River. Compelled by the call to ministry, Smith serves his local church under the teaching, counsel and leadership of his pastor while he continues work on a Master’s Degree at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Smith is a highly sought-after speaker, actor, author and host of the nationally syndicated iHeartRadio show “After Midnite with Granger Smith.” You can also listen to The Granger Smith Podcast where Granger discusses matters of faith, family, music, and the outdoors. And you can watch Smith and his family in their everyday lives on a popular weekly YouTube series called “The Smiths.” Over the course of his groundbreaking music career, Granger amassed a massive and rabid audience known as Yee Yee Nation, built through heavy touring and grassroots fan engagement. He released ten studio albums, one live album, and two EPs. Granger charted over eight singles on the Billboard country charts, including the number one hit "Backroad Song," and garnered numerous accolades for writing, producing, publishing and performing.