Neil Smith (writer)

Neil Smith is a Canadian fiction writer. A three-time nominee for the Journey Prize, Smith published his debut collection, Bang Crunch, with Knopf Canada in 2007. It was later published in America, Britain, France, Germany, and India. It was chosen as a best book of the year by the Washington Post and the Globe and Mail. Writer Michel Faber wrote in the Guardian that the book had a "rare fusion of thematic boldness, humor, gravity, empathy, maturity, and first-rate prose." [1]

His second book, a novel called Boo,[2] will be published in May 2015 by Vintage Books in America, William Heinemann in Britain,[3] and Knopf in Canada. The book is narrated by a young science geek named Oliver Dalrymple who finds himself in a heaven reserved exclusively for thirteen-year-olds. Boo will be published in seven languages. Publishers Weekly has given the novel a starred review, calling it "surprising and moving" and "splendidly confident."

Smith lives in Montreal with his partner, Christian Dorais.[4] He also works as a translator.[5] He will translate into English La déesse des mouches à feu, the acclaimed novel by Quebec author Geneviève Pettersen.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/dec/15/featuresreviews.guardianreview24
  2. ↑ http://www.cookeagency.ca/books/Smith-N_Boo.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/boo/9780434023493
  4. ↑ "New author's 'surreal' success", Xtra!, February 1, 2007.
  5. ↑ Bang Crunch, Neil Smith, Montreal Review of Books, Spring 2007.
  6. ↑ http://www.lequartanier.com/catalogue/deesse.htm

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