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Stephen P. Smith

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Stephen P. Smith is a British fiction author specialising in the aftermath and loss of the World Wars with a second genre of comedy. He also writes non-fiction, covering his hill-walking, IT and Charlie Chaplin.

In January 2025 he published his third novel, 'The Last Secret of The Soul' about ten-year-old Feitel Scher's harrowing journey through the Holocaust unveiling a tale of courage, resilience, and the enduring bond between a mother and her son. Separated at the gates of a concentration camp, Feitel grapples with loss and loneliness, clinging to her last words: 'Find somebody to look after you.' As he navigates the horrors of the concentration camp and witnesses the devastation of war-torn Berlin, Feitel's quest to find sanctuary and so Stephen P. Smith is a British fiction author specialising in the aftermath and loss of the World Wars with a second genre of comedy. He also writes non-fiction, covering his hill-walking, IT and Charlie Chaplin.

In January 2025 he published his third novel, 'The Last Secret of The Soul' about ten-year-old Feitel Scher's harrowing journey through the Holocaust unveiling a tale of courage, resilience, and the enduring bond between a mother and her son. Separated at the gates of a concentration camp, Feitel grapples with loss and loneliness, clinging to her last words: 'Find somebody to look after you.' As he navigates the horrors of the concentration camp and witnesses the devastation of war-torn Berlin, Feitel's quest to find sanctuary and someone to care for him becomes a poignant story of hope in the face of unimaginable darkness.

Stephen's second was a best-selling novella, 'The Veteran and The Boy', published in 2018. Set in 1930s rural England where the Great War still casts its shadow. One ex-soldier, ‘The Veteran’, is suffering from shellshock and spends his days wandering between the market town of Devizes and the surrounding villages. He’s as outcast as the bullied schoolboy, Billy Shelton, who he befriends and protects. But when The Veteran is accused of a crime its Billy's turn to step in and protect him. Described as 'A bewitching story of a homeless World War 1 with a dark and powerful ending'.

In 2018 he published his first novel, 'The Unsound Convictions of Judge Stephen Mentall'. Stephen describes this as an irreverent, high-pace, anarchistic romp, covering contemporary topics such as the sexual shenanigans of once untouchable establishment figures, police force mergers, poor quality care homes and the struggles the establishment has in keeping pace with political correctness.

Stephen has had books published on computer programming, Charlie Chaplin, (a biography entitled 'The Charlie Chaplin Walk') and two best-selling autobiographies charting his hill-walking entitled 'The Munros' and 'Walking it Through'.

Stephen has a first class honours degree in Computing and Electronics, a field he then worked in for thirty years before retiring in 2017 to concentrate on his writing and hill walking.

Stephen is also a seasoned rail campaigner and in 2013 he received Rail Future's Clara Zilahi Award for Best Campaigner. ...more

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	The Unsound Convictions of Judge Stephen Mentall: A laugh out loud satire on the police and judiciary 3.68 avg rating — 244 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Secret of The Soul: One boy. One Holocaust. One Survivor. 4.29 avg rating — 34 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Veteran and The Boy: A bewitching story of a homeless World War 1 soldier and a bullied schoolboy with a dark and powerful ending. 4.13 avg rating — 31 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Munros: An asthmatic’s walking diary 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walking it Through: An asthmatic’s walking diary it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Last Secret of The Soul: One boy. One Holocaust. One Survivor.

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22/01/2025 Sam

Wow- just wow ! what a superb read, extremely well written and could just imagine myself actually being there in the characters view point. I read it in two sittings and could easily have carried on and d Read more of this blog post »

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“Go baby go,” he yelled to the hearse’s stereo blaring out Queen’s, ‘Another One Bites the Dust’.”
― Stephen P. Smith, The Unsound Convictions of Judge Stephen Mentall: A laugh out loud satire on the police and judiciary

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“appears the Human Rights legislation will remain on the statute books. The PM won’t entertain its repeal.” “Typical,” huffed Nortly, “I only voted Leave to get rid of it.”
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“Figuring, if caught out he could explain the flippancy of the tune as a way of coping with the depressive nature of the profession, he saved his favourite ditty for the safety of the drive to pick up a corpse.”
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