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James V. Smith Jr.

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James V. Smith Jr.
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Author photo is a pencil illustration "Gotcha!" by Marie Antoinette Kelly of Montana, portraitsofthesoul.com

James V. Smith, Jr., is breaking out of the conventional publishing world with his latest novel, Prison of the Soul , about a teacher inside a supermax classroom for a state's worst and most violent criminal delinquents.

He has published more than a dozen military action-adventure novels, including the six-book series Force Recon. He wrote the Delta Force series under the pen name John Harriman.

In nonfiction, he's written several how-to books from Writers Digest press, including: You Can Write a Novel , The Writer's Little Helper , and The Fiction Writer's Brainstormer .

He’s a former combat soldier, helicopter pilot, newspaper writer and editor, national award-winning columnist, and magazine editor.

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