Aaron Smith is an author,
freelance journalist
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and
newspaper editor
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who writes for a range of print and online publications. His works have appeared in publications around the world. He has had two nonfiction books published in Australia, New Zealand, USA and the UK.
Biography
Aaron Smith was born in the UK and grew up in
Tasmania
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, Australia.
After studying environmental science at
Monash University
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in
Melbourne
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, Australia, he worked as an actor and playwright in Melbourne, with productions in the 2003 Melbourne Comedy and 2002 Melbourne Fringe Festivals
While traveling Asia and Latin America between 2005 and 2009, Smith started writing travel articles. Upon returning to Australia in 2009, Smith completed a master's degree in journalism from the
University of Tasmania
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and now writes for various publications. His magazine articles have appeared in various print publications, includin
Australian Geographic Magazine Australian Traveller and
Griffith Review
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.
Smith is the editor of a regional weekly newspaper, the ''Torres News'' in
Torres Strait
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, in the far north of
Queensland
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, Australia, where he lives with his wife and daughter.
He won a Queensland Clarion Journalism Award for Indigenous Issues Reporting in 2014.
Bibliography
Smith's debut book, ''Shanti Bloody Shanti, An Indian Odyssey'' was released in Australia and New Zealand in November 2011 by
Transit Lounge Publishing.
The second edition of ''Shanti Bloody Shanti, An Indian Odyssey'' was released in the UK and USA in 2013 by Roaring Forties Press.
Smith has appeared at Literary Festivals talking about his book, including Christchurch Writers Festival 2012 and San Francisco's 2013 LitQuake Festival
Smith's second book, ''Chasing El Dorado, a South American Adventure'' was published in 2014 in Australia and New Zealand by Transit Lounge Publishing.
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Australian writers
Living people