About the Author
Brad Smith
Internationally acclaimed novelist and screenwriter Brad Smith is the author of twelve novels, including The Return Of Kid Cooper, winner of the 2019 Spur Award from the Western Writers of America; One-Eyed Jacks, shortlisted for the Dashiell Hammett Award, and All Hat, which has been adapted to a feature film.Smith's writing draws on his wellspring of experiences working across Canada, the U.S.A., and Africa at a variety of jobs--including railway signalman, carpenter, bartender, truck driver, ditch digger, school teacher, farmer, maintenance electrician and roofer. He now lives in a 90-year-old farmhouse in southern Ontario.
It’s easy to believe—from their perch on your bookshelves and on bedside tables – that books live a quiet little life, keeping time and company with the sunbeams, shadows, and dust motes. The truth is they have a very full life before they make it into your hands and your ... Read more
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With writing that rivals the great Elmore Leonard, author Brad Smith delivers his newest work The Goliath Run (At Bay Press), a poignant novel that sees a mother take fate into her own hands against the extremes of right wing politics after her daughter is killed in a mass ... Read more
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