Wilbur Smith detail of the local hunting and mining way of life, along with the romance and conflict that goes with it. As of 2014 his 35 published novels had sold more than 120 million copies, 24 million of them in Italy. Smith was born in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia). His father was a metal worker who opened a sheet metal factory and then bought a cattle ranch. "My father was a tough man", said Smith. "He was used to working with his hands and had massively developed arms from cutting metal. He was a boxer, a hunter, very
L. J. Smith (author) L. J. Smith (author) Lisa Jane Smith is an American author of young adult fiction best known for her best-selling series "The Vampire Diaries", which has been turned into a successful television show. Her books, particularly "The Vampire Diaries" and "Night World", have been in the "New York Times" Best Seller list and have been nominated for five awards. Smith was born in Orange County, California. Her reported date of birth varies, with sources noting as early as 1958 or 1959 or as late as 1965. As a child, she grew up in Villa Park, California and attended Villa Park