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D.A. Smith

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in Cambridge, UK, The United Kingdom

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Fantasy, Science Fiction

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I’ve been writing for as long I can remember, drawing first and adding stories to them, building worlds and places for my characters to belong in, but that wasn’t enough. As an avid SFF reader, that consumes way more books than I have shelf space for, I thought it was time I turn my hand to being a novelist.

I wrote my first novel a few years ago, which has yet to see the light of day (nor ever will), and found that writing is in my blood, my passion, so I’ve stuck to it. Ever since I’ve been tinkering away with short stories and a few novels that I’m proud of, I've got a few trunked, and one seeking an agent, but I'm very proud of The Blood of Outcasts, it's my love letter to Rurouni Kenshin, the comics I read, and everything SFF.

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Average rating: 4.02 · 52 ratings · 27 reviews · 4 distinct works

	The Blood of Outcasts 3.90 avg rating — 40 ratings — 7 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
	Wrath from the Mountains (The Bane Sword Saga, #2) 4.63 avg rating — 8 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
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The Bane Sword Saga (3 books)
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“[T]here isn't anything worth losing your mind for. And if things become too complicated or too stressful—let it go. I don’t care if it’s a job, a woman, man, child or beast—if it’s too much for you and it’s causing you too much pressure to the point where you are thinking about committing suicide? Let it go.”
― D. A. Smith

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