About Patricia Smith: I am absolutely nuts about astronomy and writing apocalyptic thrillers. You can't shut me up about either. I have enjoyed writing stories all of my life and my first novel Time Split, was published in 2011. This was soon followed by my Distant Suns stories and more recently Islands - The Epidemic. I started my career in computing, but presently work to help people improve their numeracy and English skills. The rest of my time is worked around my writing. I live in … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Patricia Smith