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Dominic Smith
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Dominic Smith

Dominic Smith grew up in Sydney, Australia and now lives in Austin, Texas. He holds an MFA in writing from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin. His short fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and appeared in... Read full bio

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Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
A. A muddle of solitary rooms and crowded cafes.
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My life in 8 words: "A muddle of solitary rooms and crowded cafes."
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Bright and Distant Shores will be released on September 13, 2011 in Trade Paperback, eBook
Sep 13, 2011
Bright and Distant Shores is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
Sep 13, 2011
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Dominic Smith Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Do work that makes me happy. Q. Which living person do you most admire? A. Barack Obama. That's almost a cliche by now but I find him such a breath of fresh air. Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be? A. Sailing off the Amalfi Coast in Italy. Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain? A. Ahab from Moby Dick. Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. Freelance adventurer. Learn more about Dominic Smith

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Melbourne Age, February 10, 2012
...Funder; Five Bells, Gail Jones; Autumn Laing, Alex Miller; That Deadman Dance, Kim Scott; Bright and Distant Shores, Dominic Smith; The Roving Party, Rohan Wilson. Non-fiction ($15,000): 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia,...
Arts Hub, February 7, 2012
...Jones, Five Bells (Vintage) Alex Miller, Autumn Laing (Allen & Unwin) Kim Scott, That Deadman Dance (Picador Australia) Dominic Smith, Bright and Distant Shores (Allen & Unwin) Rohan Wilson, The Roving Party (Allen & Unwin) John Bray poetry award...
The Australian, December 23, 2011
...gobbled up New Zealand author Rachael King's neogothic Magpie Hall; went on an epic historical adventure with Dominic Smith's Bright and Distant Shores and was compelled by Wayne Macauley's The Cook. I was seduced by art and the past in Alex Miller's...
Dallas Morning News, November 30, 2011
...W. Brands, biographer and UT professor with "Greenback Planet" newly published Emerging Texas authors Sarah Bird, Amanda Ward, Dominic Smith, Bruce Machart, Ernie Cline, Tracy Daughtery, Jenny Wingfield, Sandra Brown and Jim Dent Charn Uswachoke, Thai...
Crikey Media, September 27, 2011
...travelled with me around the globe recently. Back at home I got in touch with its Australian-American author, Dominic Smith. AM: I was swept up in every element of this vast story – the tensions at sea, Owen and Adelaide’s relationship, Argus caught...
Suite101.com, September 9, 2011
...the first person, of the love affair between a young Colin and an older, married woman. Sydney-born, US-based Dominic Smith, with his first novel published in Australia, also found himself on the shortlist. The third novel set in the 19th century, Bright...
Bookseller Publisher, August 7, 2011
...Vintage) The Mary Smokes Boys (Patrick Holland, Transit Lounge) Indelible Ink (Fiona McGregor, Scribe) Bright and Distant Shores (Dominic Smith, A&U) Bereft (Chris Womersley, Scribe). The winner in each category will receive $10,000 with the overall...
Examiner.com, March 2, 2012
...Brown Quintet from 8 to 11P.M.� The quintet features Larry on piano, Kent Miller on bass, Dominic Smith on drums, Michael Thomas on trumpet, and Peter Fraize on tenor sax.� Of interest to all you Hank Levy fans out there; Larry studied under Hank...
TCPalm, March 1, 2012
...LP) d. Henry Dugan, 8-0; 3. Thomas Cusato (LP) d. Brian Altman, 8-2; 4. Juan Morales (LP) d. Dominic Smith, 8-4; 5. Reese Wild (LP) d. Caio Freitas, 8-2. Doubles: 1. Reddy-Rao (LP) d. Louthan-Dugan, 8-1; 2. Morales-Tyler Rios (LP) d. Altman-Smith, 8-3....
RunnerSpace.com, February 29, 2012
...4×400 Relay Curtis Johnson American International 4×400 Relay Glarius Rop American International Glarius Rop American International 5000 Meters Dominic Smith American International 200 Meters Dominic Smith American International 400 Meters Dominic...
BillingWorld, February 27, 2012
...at MWC, click here for a series of blogs from industry leaders reporting live from the event.** Dominic Smith is the marketing director for Cerillion Technologies, a leading provider of convergent customer management and billing solutions to fixed,...
Scranton Times-Tribune, February 23, 2012
...Rosemarie Reed, Francis Reid, Marycruz Rivera, Deborah Rugar, Purnima Sachdeva, Genevieve Scott, Ryan Serowinski, Desiree Shields, Joshua Shields, Dominic Smith, Anyssia Sutton, Akash Thapa, Alan Townsend, Matthew Turley and Derica Walker. Grade 7 Hailey...
Huddersfield Daily Examiner, February 21, 2012
...the home side?s Lennon Shaw, Jake Denton, Bailey Downs and Dominic Watson was matched by Elland?s Lewis Singleton, Dominic Smith, Matthew Greidanus and Ben Bennett to leave the score unchanged at half time. The second half started almost exactly the same...
Huddersfield Daily Examiner, February 21, 2012
...the home side?s Lennon Shaw, Jake Denton, Bailey Downs and Dominic Watson was matched by Elland?s Lewis Singleton, Dominic Smith, Matthew Greidanus and Ben Bennett to leave the score unchanged at half time. The second half started almost exactly the same...