J.P. Smith is the author of the novels The Man from Marseille, Body and Soul, The Discovery of Light, Breathless, and Airtight. His screenplay Chasing Daylight was a quarterfinalis...view moreJ.P. Smith is the author of the novels The Man from Marseille, Body and Soul, The Discovery of Light, Breathless, and Airtight. His screenplay Chasing Daylight was a quarterfinalist for the Nicholl Fellowships. Smith was born in New York City and currently lives in Beverly Cove, Massachusetts, with his wife.view less