Michael Farris Smith

Michael Farris Smith is the award-winning author of Salvage This World , NICK, Blackwood , The Fighter , Desperation Road, Rivers , and The Hands of Strangers. His novels have appeared on Best of the Year lists with Esquire, NPR, Southern Living, Garden & Gun, Book Riot and numerous other outlets, and have been named Indie Next, Barnes & Noble Discover, and Amazon Best of the Month selections. He has also written the feature-film adaptations of his novels Desperation Road and The Fighter ,...See more

Michael Farris Smith is the award-winning author of Salvage This World , NICK, Blackwood , The Fighter , Desperation Road, Rivers , and The Hands of Strangers. His novels have appeared on Best of the Year lists with Esquire, NPR, Southern Living, Garden & Gun, Book Riot and numerous other outlets, and have been named Indie Next, Barnes & Noble Discover, and Amazon Best of the Month selections. He has also written the feature-film adaptations of his novels Desperation Road and The Fighter , titled for the screen as Rumble Through the Dark . He lives in Oxford, Mississippi, with his wife and daughters. See less