Gary L Smith is a freelance writer based in San Diego. Although A Favor for Frank is his first published work, he has also authored a collection of short stories and has another novel in the works. His sardonic humor and political satire are often featured in the editorial pages of his local newspaper. Born in Southern California, Gary's writing draws heavily on his own life growing up in a waterfront town. Smitten by the Southern California coast, with its moody skies and colorful characters, Gary's recollections blend nicely into warm, lighthearted tales of sun and sea. Although his close friends and fellow writers know him best for his stories of time travel and farcical literary sojourns to improbable, irreverent but hilarious lands, his novel A Favor for Frank, exposes another side of the author.