The Writers of Wales Database

SMYTHE, J.P.

Website: www.jpsmythe.com

James Smythe was born in 1980 in West London, and migrated to Wales, where his maternal family lived. He has a PhD in Creative Writing from Cardiff University, currently teaches in various places, intermittently performs in an improvised comedy group and has recently authored a book about Twitter. James also currently works as a computer game writer.
 
Hereditation (Parthian, 2010) is his first novel, and is about love and fathers. His second novel, The Testimony (Blue Door, forthcoming) is about serial killers, and his third about God, probably.

Reviews:
With respect to Hereditation (Parthian, 2010)

"…A story about family, love and loss, Hereditation (Parthian, 2010) is a family saga with a twist, told with intelligence and wit…"
Holly Howitt


Selected Publications:
Hereditation (Parthian, 2010)
The Testimony (Blue Door, 2012)

The Testimony (Blue Door, 2012)

What would you do if the world was brought to a standstill? If you heard deafening static followed by the words ‘MY CHILDREN, DO NOT BE AFRAID’?
Would you turn to God? Declare it an act of terrorism? Subscribe to the conspiracy theories? Or put your faith in science and a rational explanation?
The lives of all twenty-six people in this account are affected by the message. Most because they heard it. Some because they didn’t.