Smiley NTK Thefir5t is a storyteller utilizing different devices to tell tales to the universe.

He was born Kondwelani Tembo Nguluwe from parents, Peter Mwalumo Nguluwe and Royce Tembo Shawa-Nguluwe, on 5th December, 1994, in Lusaka, Zambia. Smiley Thefir5t's love for the literary arts surfaced at a tender age. While in his first grade his teacher would summon him to her desk and ask him to create stories, in his own, from the images she would give him. Though the task was meant to keep him from sitting idly after a class task it would later inspire in him a Poet in 2013, his first poem being "WISDOM"; Script Writer in 2015, with the rewrite to the play "WHO AMONGST US?" by Lyton Phiri Jr.; Director in 2016, for Chazanga Primary School's Drama and Poetry, alongside fellow director, JR The Second.; and now Author. Hailing from humble beginnings, he is an artist keen to explore and experiment in various avenues of art, and is a lover of Christ Jesus, aiming to Inspire, Motivate and Exalt. His works draw inspiration from life itself and the world at large, for he prefers dynamic, outside-the-box thinking for bringing out to the confines of single mindedness. And he is not one that easily gives on his endeavors, hanging on the quote, 'It is better to try and fail, than fail to try; and when you do try, and fail, try again. Creation was not completed in a day'.

His debut book, "MY CONFESSIONAL LETTERS", a poetry eBook was released in December 2019. Smiley Thefir5t lives in Lusaka, with his brothers and an overused notebook.