Brad Smith was born and raised in southern Ontario. He has worked as a farmer, signalman, insulator, truck driver, bartender, schoolteacher, maintenance mechanic, roofer, and carpenter. His novels include All Hat (a 2007 major motion picture staring Keith Carradine), Big Man Coming Down the Road, Busted Flush, Crow’ s Landing, One-Eyed Jacks (nominated for the Dashiell Hammett Prize), Red Means Run, Rough Justice, and Shoot the Dog. He lives in Dunnville, Ontario, near the north shore of Lake Erie. http://www.bradsmithbooks.com/