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Harry F. Smith
Harry F. Smith grew up in the frozen wilderness of Jersey City, New Jersey and proudly claims to be a born and bred native, but only when it is to his financial advantage to do so....view moreHarry F. Smith grew up in the frozen wilderness of Jersey City, New Jersey and proudly claims to be a born and bred native, but only when it is to his financial advantage to do so.
After a brief career in the Navy stationed at the amphibious base at Little Creek, Virginia as a member of Beachmaster Unit Two, he attended California State University, Chico where he somehow managed to obtain a BS in Mathematics and a Master's in Computer Science. A glutton for punishment, he spent another year at the McCloud Institute of Simulation Sciences as a graduate assistant and was the first person to receive a Certificate of Achievement in Simulation Science from the Institute.
He also ate a lot of ramen noodles and drank many beers during this time.
After graduating from college, Harry needed to pay off his numerous school loans, so he worked as a software engineer on various defense industry projects. Most of them can't be talked about in public forums without filling out massive amounts of paperwork, but believe me, they involved some pretty cool stuff like lasers and bombs and small furry creatures from other planets.
During this time, he authored many boring technical documents and manuals, such as 'A Case Study of Constrained Nonlinear Optimization Methods' and 'A Thousand and One Ways to Properly Use Your Constructive Cost Model (COCOMO)'. None of these ever reached the New York Times Best Sellers list, although he did win a minor award for 'The Most Semicolon Usage in a Government Document.'
Having conquered the exciting world of software engineering, he finally caved into the voices that rattle around in his head as they commanded him to switch from writing computer code to mystery stories that concentrated on living, breathing people and the evil things that are done by them.
After a while, he started his own E-book publishing company, Like A Duck Publishing and wrote his first novel, 'The Chat Room Murders.'
He invented the character of John DelMonico, an ex-Jersey City detective who is recruited by a friend to join the newly formed National Cybercrime Investigation Agency. This was a bit of a stretch since John was quite possibly the most computer illiterate person ever born. Recently divorced form his childhood sweetheart, John moves out to Silicon Valley to start his life anew, taking his prized '66 Mustang to face the harsh San Jose traffic.
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Books by Harry F. Smith
I, Hobot: An Anthology of Robot Love Stories Shadow Of The Throwaways Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Hunting Club Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsI Hobot, Vol. 2: Another Anthology of Robot Love Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Prying Eye: John DelMonico/Terri O'Brien Detective Mysteries, #3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Chat Room Murders Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Matter OF Trust Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Peaceful Night Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEven Goddesses Need Clean Underwear Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNight Of The Deadly Lotus Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings