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Andrew Smith

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Born

in Liverpool, The United Kingdom

Website

http://andrewsmithwrites.com

Genre

Historical Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Fiction

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Sebastian Barry, , Alan Hollingworth, Sarah Waters,

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Andrew Smith was born in Liverpool, England and now lives in Toronto and London. He has taken creative writing courses at the University of Toronto, and has also graduated as a graphic designer. His short fiction has appeared in some of the most repected literary magazines in North America. He has published two non-fiction books: Strangers in the Garden, an illustrated history of flowers and Highlights, an illustrated history of cannabis. He is also an award-winning travel writer. Edith’s War, his first novel, won a gold medal for fiction at the Independent Publisher's Awards in New York. His second novel, The Speech, was published by Urbane Publications in United Kingdom in October, 2016. His next novel, The Paparazzo and the Pop Star, was ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 75 ratings · 29 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Edith's War 3.91 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2010 — 6 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 Speech 3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings — 4 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
	Highlights: The Illustrated History of Cannabis by Andrew Smith (Goodreads Author), Carol Sherman 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1999 — 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
	Strangers in the Garden: The Secret Lives of Our Favorite Flowers 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	Sightseeing 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
	Sightseeing: Selected Stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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 Boom of the Bittern really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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 Paparazzo and the Pop Star 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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More than one way to skin a cat … or to publish a novel.

As a child, whenever I heard the expression “More than one way to skin a cat,” I knew, despite the gory scene it evoked, that the phrase was meant as a middle-finger gesture (or a V-sign in UK) to authority. Or at least to anyone who was preventing someone from achieving their goal.

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Andrew Smith answered Goodreads's question: Where did you get the idea for your most recent book? Having spent a year in UK publshing The Speech and promotiing the book, I returned to Toronto and wanted to write a book set in the city. A friend told me about te Great Marsh that existed along the city's shore witth Lake Ontario. I was curious abou See Full Answer
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“How many things do we feel obliged to do for the sake of it, or for appearances, or because we are trained to do them, but which weigh us down and don’t in fact achieve anything?”
― Antoine Laurain, The Red Notebook

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