Michael V. Smith
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Michael V. Smith is a Canadian novelist, poet and filmmaker from Vancouver, British Columbia. His debut novel, Cumberland, was nominated for the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2002. He has also been a nominee for the Journey Prize, and has published a book of poetry, What You Can't Have.
Smith, openly gay, is a graduate of the University of British Columbia's Creative Writing program. He has also made a number of short films, several of which have garnered awards from the Inside Out Film and Video Festival in Toronto.
