April Smith (writer)
| April Smith | |
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| Born | The Bronx, New York City, United States |
| Occupation | Novelist, screenwriter |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Historical fiction, mystery, crime fiction |
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April Smith (born NYC 1949) is an American novelist, television writer and producer. Her most recent novel, suspenseful historical fiction, is HOME SWEET HOME. Previously, A STAR FOR MRS. BLAKE, chosen by the Cincinnati Public Library as their 2014 "On The Same Page" all-city reads book. Other works include a series of four mystery/thrillers featuring FBI Special Agent Ana Grey. One of them, GOOD MORNING, KILLER, was adapted and executive produced by Smith for the TNT Mystery Movie Nights in 2011. She is also the author of a stand-alone thriller about the only woman baseball scout in the major leagues, BE THE ONE.
A 1967 graduate of The Bronx High School of Science, Smith earned a BS With Distinction in English from Boston University and a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing from Stanford University.
Smith worked on several hit television series from the late 1970s through 2000 as producer, writer, and executive story editor, including Lou Grant, Cagney and Lacey, and Chicago Hope. She also adapted stories by Stephen King for the TNT series Nightmares & Dreamscapes.
She wrote teleplays for several made-for-TV movies, including the critically acclaimed 1998 remake of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and the 1999 adaptation of the Anna Quindlen novel Black and Blue. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her screenplay for Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984).
In 2011 Smith penned the adaptation of her own novel Good Morning, Killer, for the TNT Mystery Movie Night series.
Smith's work has been nominated for three Emmys and two Writer's Guild awards.
April Smith www.aprilsmith.net is the author of seven novels published by Alfred A. Knopf in hardcover and Vintage trade paperback, including thrillers and historical novels of suspense.
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