Sam Smith (writer)

Sam Smith (born 1946) is a writer from in Blackpool, Lancashire, raised in Stoke Gabriel, Devon, England. He is now a self-employed writer/editor/publisher.

His first novel was accepted by two publishers, both of whom folded before publication. In 1991 he discovered the Small Presses, which published his poetry, articles, short stories, novel extracts, and reviews.

In 1995 he became the founding editor of "The Journal of Contemporary Anglo-Scandinavian Poetry", now trading as "The Journal".

January 1997 he had a collection, "To Be Like John Clare", published by the University of Salzburg Press. December 1997 a smaller collection, "Skin &Bones", in collaboration with the artist Lyn Sutterby, was published by Odyssey Poets .

He won the 2004 SKREV prize for science fiction for novella "We Need Madmen"available in anthology "Electric Sheep". He also runs a small press, Original Plus, which has published poetry collections.

Bibliography

Poetry collections
*"Dialogues' Silver Gull Publishing" 1998
*"John the Explorer" Gecko Press 1999
*"pieces" K.T.Publications 2001
*"Rooms" Oasis broadsheet 2002
*"apostrophe combe" boho press 2003
*"Problems & Polemics" boho press 2004
*"Rooms & Dialogues" boho press 2005 Novels
*"Sister Blister" Online Originals 1999
*"The End of Science Fiction" Jacobyte Books 2000
*"Paths of Error: Undeclared War" Jacobyte Books 2001
*"Paths of Error: Constant Change" Jacobyte Books 2001
*"Paths of Error: As Recorded" Jacobyte Books 2002
*"Marks" BeWrite Books 2002
*"Porlock Counterpoint" BeWrite Books 2002
*"The Care Vortex" BeWrite Books 2002
*"Sick Ape: an everyday tale of terrorist folk" BeWrite Books 2003
*"The End of Science Fiction" BeWrite Books 2004 Non-fiction
*"Vera & Eddy's War" BeWrite Books 2002

External links

* [http://members.aol.com/smithsssj/index.html Sam Smith's website]