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				*Martin J. Smith* Nonfiction



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The rumors are true. I actually research some of the stuff I write.

Books & Stories

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Click cover to order "My Father's Tuxedo: The Story of a Suit" (Blurb, 2009)

"OOPS: 20 Life Lessons From the Fiascoes That Shaped America" (Collins, 2006)

POPLORICA: A Popular History of the Fads, Mavericks, Inventions, and Lore That Shaped Modern America (HarperResource, 2004)

Tom Amberry at work

The Downside of Perfection (Orange Coast Magazine, May 1998) A profile of world record-holding freethrow shooter Dr. Tom Amberry.

King of the Surf Guitar

"The Fall and Rise of a Guitar Hero." (Los Angeles Times Magazine, June 2001) A profile of Dick Dale, "King of the Surf Guitar."

A Tuxless Bill Smith

My Father's Tuxedo essay (Los Angeles Times Magazine, June 2003) Why I wanted my father's 50-year-old tuxedo. MY FATHER'S TUXEDO: THE STORY OF A SUIT is now available in book form at www.blurb.com.

The Dad's Tour Road Crew

"Are We There Yet?" (Los Angeles Times Magazine, Nov. 1, 1998) The story of two novelists, four kids, two minivans and a 6,500-mile journey into the hopeless world of literary self-promotion.

I have been a professional journalist since 1978, and continue to work as editor of Orange Coast, a monthly lifestyle magazine in Newport Beach, California. Here are links to my two nonfiction books, OOPS and POPLORICA, both of which I co-wrote with Patrick J. Kiger, as well as links to some of the magazine pieces I've written of which I'm fond.

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Want to read about some of the stuff I DID make up? Go here.

Marvin Heemeyer's Megadozer

"Martyr Without a Cause" (Los Angeles Times Magazine, July 25, 2004) How the struggling U.S. patriot movement conjured a Western 'hero' from one man's sad tantrum.

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