Ron Smith


Ron Smith, born and raised in Vancouver, is the author and editor of several books. For close to forty years he taught at universities in Canada, Italy, the United States and in the UK. In 2002 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of British Columbia, and in 2005 he was the inaugural Fulbright Chair in Creative Writing at Arizona State University. In 2011 he was awarded the Gray Campbell Award for distinguished service to the B.C. publishing industry, where he has played an essential role in the growth of literary, historical and public policy publishing. He lives with his wife, Patricia Jean Smith, also a writer, in Nanoose Bay on Vancouver Island.

Ronsdale books by Ron Smith

The Defiant Mind: Living Inside a Stroke