Career
His most recent book, a novel called Boo, came out in May 2015 with Random House imprints in America, Britain, and Canada. The book is narrated by a young science geek named Oliver Dalrymple who finds himself in a heaven reserved exclusively for 13-year-olds. Boo will be published in Czechoslovakian, Dutch, English, French, German, Mandarin, and Portuguese.
lieutenant has also been nominated for the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award.
Smith published his debut, Bang Crunch, with Knopf Canada in 2007. lieutenant was later published in America, Britain, France, Germany, and India.
Writer Michel Faber wrote in the Guardian that Bang Crunch had a "rare fusion of thematic boldness, humor, gravity, empathy, maturity, and first-rate prose.".