Award-winning writer, musician and filmmaker, David Doucette grew up on Cape Breton Island, Canada. Doucette has been writing stories and composing music since the age of six. His novel, Strong at the Broken Places won the Dartmouth Book Award for Best Atlantic Canadian Fiction. After years living in Asia, South America and the Middle East, Doucette Smokey Studios, a film and music production company set in the Highlands of Cape Breton Island. His novel North of Smokey is to be released as a feature film in 2026. Smokey Studios is creator of the podcast, Harry the Guitar Player.