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Brad Smith
Brad Smith was born in southern Ontario and worked for the Canadian National Railway, on a rail project in South Africa, and at a variety of jobs including farmer, truck driver, bartender, schoolteacher and roofer. He works as a carpenter when not writing and lives in a farmhouse near the north shore of Lake Erie. His novels are often described as ‘country noir’ and have been published by Doubleday, Penguin, Simon & Schuster and Joffe among others. He has won and been shortlisted for prizes including the Spur Award for Best Western and the Dashiell Hammett Award.
‘For such a furiously funny writer, Smith has great reserves of tenderness’ – New York Times Book Review
‘Rivals Elmore Leonard at his best’ – Publishers Weekly
‘he’s funny, poignant, evocative, and he tells a blistering tale’ – Dennis Lehane
‘A writer with lots of skill, lots of heart, lots of brains’ – Richard Russo
ALL HAT – made into a feature film.
RED MEANS RUN – named among 2012’s Best Crime Novels by Booklist
SHOOT THE DOG – praised by Publishers Weekly for ‘wonderfully wrought characters, delicious wit, and droll storytelling’
BIG MAN COMING DOWN THE ROAD
BUSTED FLUSH
CROW’S LANDING
HEARTS OF STONE
ROUGH JUSTICE
RISES A MORAL MAN (1990)
ONE-EYED JACKS (2000)
ALL HAT (2003)
BUSTED FLUSH (2005)
BIG MAN COMING DOWN THE ROAD (2007)
RED MEANS RUN (2012)
CROW’S LANDING (2013)
SHOOT THE DOG (2014)
ROUGH JUSTICE (2016)
HEARTS OF STONE (2017)
THE RETURN OF KID COOPER (2018)
THE GOLIATH RUN (2020)
CACTUS JACK (2020)
COPPERHEAD ROAD (2022)
