TUES JAN 8 2019
7.30p.m.-9p.m.
LINC classroom, 4th floor, Central Branch, Hamilton Public Library
BRAD SMITH was born
and raised in the hamlet of Canfield, in southern Ontario, a couple of hours
from Toronto. After high school, he worked for the signal department of the
Canadian National Railway for three years, and then got a chance to work on a
rail project in South Africa. Upon returning from Africa, Smith worked all over
the place - Alberta, British Columbia, Texas - at a variety of jobs. Farmer,
signalman, insulator, truck driver, bartender, schoolteacher , maintenance
mechanic, roofer, and so on. He became a carpenter and built custom homes in
Canada. He still works as a carpenter when not writing. He now lives in an
eighty-year-old farmhouse near the north shore of Lake Erie.
Novels:
RISES A MORAL MAN – 1990 – Penumbra Press
ONE-EYED JACKS – 2000 – Doubleday Canada
ALL HAT – 2003 – Penguin Canada
BUSTED FLUSH – 2005 – Penguin Canada
BIG MAN COMING DOWN THE ROAD – 2007 – Penguin Canada
RED MEANS RUN – 2012 – Simon & Schuster Canada
CROW’S LANDING – 2013 – Simon & Schuster Canada
SHOOT THE DOG – 2014 – Simon & Schuster Canada
ROUGH JUSTICE – 2016 – Severn House
HEARTS OF STONE – 2017 - Severn House
THE RETURN OF KID COOPER – 2018 – Skyhorse New York
Screenplays:
ALL HAT – premier Toronto International Film Festival
2007
FADING FAST – Bravo TV 2009
