Profile: Norman Samuda Smith

About This Author

Norman Samuda Smith was born in Birmingham, England of Jamaican parents who came to Britain in the early 1950s. He was the first British-born black novelist to be published in the UK with his novel Bad Friday (Trinity Arts, 1982; republished New Beacon Books, 1985), and shortlisted for the 1982 Young Observer Fiction Prize. His short stories have been featured in award-winning anthologies Whispers in the Walls (Tindal Street Press, Birmingham; 2001), and The Heart of our Community (Timeless Avatar Press, USA; 2006); his poems are included in the collection Songs of Hope (Timeless Avatar Press, USA; 2006). He self-published three of his books Britannia's Children Volumes I & II, and in celebration of its 30th Anniversary Bad Friday (Samuda Smith Publications @ feedaread.com; 2013 & 2018). He currently writes, edits and publishes the online cultural review Panther Newsletter and its mother site Samuda Smith Publications.