About Frank Smith Frank Smith was born and raised in the Yukon Territory. He was trained as a physiologist and worked as a teacher and biomedical researcher in Nova Scotia for four decades; he has been an amateur blacksmith for the last two. This is his first book. Books by Frank Smith What Once Was Lost The Blacksmith's Art in Nova Scotia by (author) Frank Smith Dead Weight Severn House Publishers by (author) Frank Smith NIGHT FALL by (author) Frank Smith Acts of Vengeance A Mystery by (author) Frank Smith