Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith was born in Liverpool, England. He now lives in London and Toronto. Andrew Smith's writing has been included in the Journey Prize Anthology, has been shortlisted for the CBC Literary Awards, and has garnered a Western Magazine Award for Travel Writing. He has published two non-fiction books: Highlights, an illustrated history of cannabis (co-author) and Strangers in the Garden, the secret lives of our favorite flowers. His novel, Edith's War, won a Gold Medal for Fiction at the Independent Publisher Book Awards in New York in May, 2011. His latest novel, The Speech, set in 1960s Britain, has won widespread critical acclaim.