Dominic Smith grew up in Sydney, Australia, and now lives in Seattle, Washington. He's the author of the novelsThe Last Painting of Sara de Vos,Bright and Distant Shores,The Beautiful Miscellaneous, andThe Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre. His writing has appeared in theNew York Times, theAtlantic,Texas Monthly and theAustralian. He has been a recipient of literature grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Australia Council for the Arts. He teaches writing in the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers.