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