Mark S. Smith

Mark S. Smith is an American journalist and writer now living in southern France. He is the former Deputy Business Editor of The Herald newspaper in Scotland and is the recipient of a prestigious Scottish Arts Council Award. Mark S. Smith was born in Los Angeles, California, was educated in both the U.S. and the U.K., and has traveled extensively as a journalist and writer throughout Europe, the U.S., and parts of the Middle East, Asia and South America. He has written literally thousands of newspaper and magazine articles, and is the author of the acclaimed historical/personal work, "Treblinka Survivor: The Life and Death of Hershl Sperling," and the novel, "Masel." He is also the co-author of "How to Make Money With Commodities." He is currently working on a new book about mental illness, how it took the life of his beloved daughter, and how she - and countless others - could be healed and saved.