- Diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in 1986, Smith was told he had only months to live. With encouragement from his partner and nonfiction collaborator, Steven Naifeh, and friend Charles Grodin, he consulted specialists until he found one willing to attempt a risky experimental treatment. Smith wound up with side effects: a numb side of his face, a deaf ear, and a slight speech impediment, but he survived.
- He is a graduate of the Harvard Law School, class of 1977, and has written 12 books with partner Steven Naifeh, including four New York Times bestsellers and two television miniseries. Their _Jackson Pollock: An American Saga_ won the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for biography and was a National Book Award finalist. They are publishers of 'The Best Lawyers in America' and founders of the organization "Best Doctors", which matches patients who have life-threatening illnesses with appropriately skilled physicians for the treatment of critical medical problems.
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