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"One of Canada's most original writers of speculative fiction." — Library Journal

"His stories are a treasure trove of riches that will touch your heart while making you think." — Robert J. Sawyer, award-winning author

"A great storyteller with a gifted and individual voice." — Charles de Lint, award-winning author

spacer Hi! Thanks for visiting. I'm an award-winning Canadian author of fantasy, SF, horror, supernatural, and the ever popular "undefinable", with over a hundred story sales in thirty-two countries and twenty-six languages around the world.

I have won Canada's Aurora Award for speculative fiction three times and have been a finalist for the international John W. Campbell Award, Canada's juried Sunburst Award, the CBC Bookies award, and France's juried Prix Masterton and Prix Bob Morane. I've been an Aurora finalist nineteen times and have several honourable mentions in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror. My book length works include:

  • THE WOLF AT THE END OF THE WORLD (Lucky Bat Books, 2013) – Urban fantasy novel
  • CHIMERASCOPE (ChiZine, 2010) – Collection – Finalist for the Sunburst Award, Aurora Award, and CBC Bookies Award
  • IMPOSSIBILIA (PS Publishing, 2008) – Collection – Finalist for the Aurora Award
  • PLAYING THE SHORT GAME (Lucky Bat Books, 2014) – Writer's guide on how to market and sell short fiction
  • LA DANSE DES ESPRITS (Dreampress, 2011) – Collection – Finalist for France's Prix Masterton and Prix Bob Morane

A complete list of my published fiction is available here along with my complete award history, reviews of my work, and some selected interviews.

In 2010, an independent short film based on my story "By Her Hand, She Draws You Down" toured indie festivals in North America, picking up several awards. It will be released later in 2011 on an anthology DVD of short horror films, called "Gallery of Fear." Check out my By Her Hand Movie page to see its awards, view some production stills, check out the storyboard script, see some sketches used in the movie, learn about the special movie companion book, and much more.

What else? I'm a major fan of all things by Joss Whedon, but especially Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I love movies, bridge, and cycling. I live just north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with my wonderful wife and my youngest son, and close to my oldest son. My Twitter account is @smithwritr. I also maintain a popular foreign language market listing for short fiction on this web site.

So enjoy the site. Look around. You can find buying links to all of my published fiction at my onlline store, including downloadable ebooks of my short fiction and signed, personalized print copies of my collections. And please feel free to leave a comment or send me an email. Thanks for visiting!

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