J.P. Smith

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May.23.2013

Garbage

...which is the title of my latest blog, to be found here: http://www.jpsmith.org/blog.htm

Mar.11.2013

Making a Monster

My latest blog, about adapting one of my own novels as a screenplay, has just been posted at http://www.jpsmith.org/blog.htm.

Feb.28.2013

On Hiatus

Just back from a trip out west, and three meetings in Los Angeles with people who've read several of my scripts. One of them looks like a potentially interesting (and I hope fruitful) project, while the idea of adapting my third novel, The Blue Hour, was brought up at two companies. So,...

Feb.28.2013

On Hiatus

Jan.26.2013

The Next Big Thing Blog Hop

Which is handed off from writer to writer. Here's my latest: http://www.jpsmith.org/blog.htm.

Jan.09.2013

Laughter in the Dark

I just read this, quoted by Roger Ebert on Twitter. It's by Quentin Tarantino: "When I'm writing a movie, I hear the laughter. People talk about the violence. What about the comedy? 'Pulp Fiction' has such an obviously comic spirit, even with all the weird things that are happening. To me, the most...

Jan.01.2013

Backlist thoughts

Are here, in my latest blog on my website: http://www.jpsmith.org/blog.htm

Dec.16.2012

New blog...

...on my work(s) in progress can be found here: http://www.jpsmith.org/blog.htm

Dec.06.2012

Backlist blog finale

My last backlist blog, on my first novel, The Man from Marseille: http://www.jpsmith.org/blog.htm

Dec.04.2012

The Skin and Bones of Body and Soul

Here's my blog on my second novel, Body and Soul:http://www.jpsmith.org/blog.htm

Dec.04.2012

My interview at Caroline Leavitt's website

http://carolineleavittville.blogspot.com/2012/12/meg-pokrass-interviews-j-p-smith-author.html

Dec.02.2012

The Blue Hour

Here's my latest blog on the writing of The Blue Hour: http://www.jpsmith.org/blog.htm

Nov.30.2012

Background blogs

I'm running a series of blog posts on my website on the background to my earlier books. They can be found here, and will be updated every three days or so: http://www.jpsmith.org/blog.htm.

Nov.27.2012

The Origins of Breathless

I've decided to write a brief blog every few days about the origin of each of my backlist titles (at least to the best of my memory), and beginning in descending order of publication, comes my blog on Breathless, which appeared in 1995. I'll post one every few days or so, just to take a breather...

Nov.14.2012

Something borrowed, something new

Two new blog posts (one a reprint) on my website: http://www.jpsmith.org/blog.htm

About J.P.

I was born in New York City and raised five minutes from the Bronx. Once I'd completed my graduate work I returned to teach at my alma mater, Scarborough School. During my four years there I completed a novel a year and, because in the Seventies it was...

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Authors Guild

PEN America