Mark Haskell Smith

Mark Haskell Smith is the author of six novels with one word titles, including Blown, Moist, and Baked. He has also written the non-fiction books Rude Talk in Athens: Ancient Rivals, the Birth of Comedy, and a Writer's Journey through Greece; Heart of Dankness: Underground Botanists, Outlaw Farmers, and the Race for the Cannabis Cup and Naked At Lunch: A Reluctant Nudist's Adventures in an Clothing-Optional World. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, Salon, Alta, and others. Smith is an associate professor in the MFA program for Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts at the University of California, Riverside, Palm Desert Graduate Center. He lives in Los Angeles. He likes Mexican Food. www.markhaskellsmith.com