Ed Smith (writer)

Smith settled in Springdale, Newfoundland with his wife, Marian, and lived there until his death.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2017-10-16|title=Brian Warr Member Statement - Ed Smith|url=https://nlliberals.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/MHA-Brian-Warr-Member-Statement-Oct16.2017-EdSmith.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-31|website=}} In 1980, he began writing a humour column called "The View From Here", which has now appeared in six papers and magazine. He also wrote for the Toronto Star and the Reader's Digest. He retired from his career in education in 1996. Over two years later, Smith was paralyzed from the shoulders down due to a car accident.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Ed Smith|url=https://flankerpress.com/author/ed-smith|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412114053/https://www.flankerpress.com/author/ed-smith |archive-date=2021-04-12 |access-date=2020-09-01|website=Flanker Press|language=en}} In 2001, Smith created a series of short radio clips about living with quadriplegia for CBC radio. For the series, he won the Gabriel Award for "writing that upholds and lifts the human spirit" and The Canadian Nurses Award for excellence in broadcasting.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Author/columnist Ed Smith died Friday, leaving behind a legacy|url=https://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/authorcolumnist-ed-smith-died-friday-leaving-behind-a-legacy-25695/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-31|website=The Telegram}} Five collections of Smith's columns have been published.

• Some Fine Times! (1991)
• Never Flirt With Your Eyes Open (1995){{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Never Flirt With Your Eyes Open|url=https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM2276140&R=2276140|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-31|website=Toronto Public Library}}
• Fish 'n' Ships: A Brief Twisted History of Newfoundland...Sort of (1997){{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Fish 'n' Ships|url=https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM256130&R=256130|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-31|website=Toronto Public Library}}
• From the Ashes of My Dreams (2002){{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=From the Ashes of My Dreams|url=https://49thshelf.com/Books/F/From-the-Ashes-of-My-Dreams2|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-31|website=49th Shelf}}
• You Might as Well Laugh (2004){{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=So Many Stories to Tell - Books By Alumni|url=https://www.mun.ca/2005report/alumni/mainstories/books_alumni.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116231215/http://www.mun.ca:80/2005report/alumni/mainstories/books_alumni.php |archive-date=2007-11-16 |access-date=2020-08-31|website=Memorial University of Newfoundland}}
• The Seventh Day (2007){{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Seventh Day|url=https://www.breakwaterbooks.com/books/the-seventh-day/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925080045/https://www.breakwaterbooks.com/books/the-seventh-day/ |archive-date=2020-09-25 |access-date=2020-08-31|website=Breakwater Books|language=en-US}}
• A Spoonful of Sugar (2010){{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=A Spoonful of Sugar|url=https://cbrl.catalogue.library.ns.ca/Record/951794|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-31|website=Cape Breton Regional Library}}

• 2001 Gabriel Award
• 2001 Canadian Nurses' Award
• 2003 Newfoundland Book Award for Non-Fiction for From the Ashes of My Dreams
• Nominated for the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour

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Category:21st-century Canadian male writers