Freda Love Smith

{{short description|American drummer}}

{{BLP sources|date=December 2015}}

Freda Love Smith (born Freda Boner, later used the stage name Freda Love) is an American musician, journalist, and non-fiction author. Smith is known as a drummer and vocalist for several alternative rock bands, including Blake Babies, Antenna, Mysteries of Life, Some Girls and Sunshine Boys.{{cite web|url=https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/sunshineboys|title=Sunshine Boys: Blue Music|website=PledgeMusic|accessdate=18 April 2018}} She is the author of Red Velvet Underground, a memoir and cookbook published in 2015 {{cite web|url=https://www.agatepublishing.com/9781572841758/red-velvet-underground/|title=Red Velvet Underground|publisher=|accessdate=15 February 2024}} and of I Quit Everything, "an account of one woman's quest to shed addictive substances and behaviors in her life - which dares to ask if we're really better off without them."{{cite web|url=https://www.agatepublishing.com/9781572843271/i-quit-everything/|title=I Quit Everything|publisher=|accessdate=15 February 2024}}

Smith attended Indiana University, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in general studies. She also earned a Master of Arts degree from Nottingham Trent University in creative writing. Smith was a lecturer and undergraduate advisor for the Northwestern University Department of Radio/Television/Film until 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.communication.northwestern.edu/faculty/FredaSmith|title=Freda Love Smith - Northwestern University School of Communication|website=www.communication.northwestern.edu|accessdate=18 April 2018}}