Joseph Smith is the author of the novellas The Wolf , Taurus and a collection of short stories Finally My Ambulance. He is a dad and a husband, and lives and works in France. He is passionate about great books that he has read, some of which are reviewed on this site. In his time he has been an administrator, a student of philosophy, a secretary, an estate agent and a professional gambler. Inspired by Barry Lopez's Of Wolves and Men, he wrote his debut novella The Wolf while living alone in the snowy north of England. It is a tale of a lone animal facing an increasing struggle against nature, a mixture of nature writing and fantasy. The villain of fairytales and traveller's myths, turned hero of his own adventure. The Wolf was Irish Times Literary Event of the Year 2008, and was published worldwide. Taurus is the opposite story: the shadow of the wild wolf, the tale of a domesticated fighting bull trapped in routine and boredom, slowly becoming aware of his own power, and what he might do with it. Joe Smith's most recent book is Finally My Ambulance, a coherent flow of short stories, best read as a whole, linked in theme and tone. He continues to write. Less