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D. James Smith lives in California, where he studied with poet Philip Levine. A recipient of a fellowship in creative writing from the National Endowment for the Arts, winner of The Edgar Allen Poe Award and finalist for the California Book Award, his work appears frequently in literary magazines, most recently, The Amherst Review, New Millennium Writings, the Notre Dame Review, and Stand. His previous books include a collection of poems, Prayers for the Dead Ventriloquist (Ahsahta Press) and an adult novel, My Brother's Passion (Permanent Press).
His novels for young adult readers are Fast Company (Dorling Kindersley) and his three-part award-winning series about Paolo and friends, including The Boys of San Joaquin, Probably the World’s Best Story About a Dog and the Girl Who Loved Me, and It Was September When We Ran Away the First Time (Simon & Schuster).
Sounds The Living Make, a second collection of poems, appeared in 2012 (Stephen F. Austin State Univ. Press)

D. James Smith lives in California, where he studied with poet Philip Levine. A recipient of a fellowship in creative writing from the National Endowment for the Arts, winner of The Edgar Allen Poe Award and finalist for the California Book Award, his work appears frequently in literary magazines, most recently, The Amherst Review, New Millennium Writings, the Notre Dame Review, and Stand. His p... More