Award-winning Jamaican author Horane Smith, is teaming up with STETHS Alumni.com in an effort to assist with fund-raising projects undertaken by the organization on behalf of his former high school.

Beginning this month, part-proceeds from the sale of all books written by the author on www.horanesmith.com via www.STETHSalumni.com and www.STETHSreunion.com web sites, will go toward projects at St. Elizabeth Technical High School, in Santa Cruz.

Horane Smith, who lives in Toronto, Canada, is the author of eight novels, including the just-released Marooned in Nova Scotia – A Story of the Jamaican Maroons in Canada and his most popular book, the internationally-acclaimed Lover’s Leap: Based on the Jamaican Legend.

“I’m rather excited that I’ll be able to assist my alma mater through this arrangement.  It was at STETHS that I discovered my gift to write and it’s quite fitting that I’ll be able to assist the school through my books. The project is to our mutual benefit and can only be successful if our past students and friends of STETHS seek to support the school by purchasing books using the link on stethsreunion.com,” Smith said. “It’s a worthy project that will go on indefinitely.”

Commenting on the venture, Gary Samuels, Coordinator of STETHSREUNION.COM said “there are many benefits to the project. The purchaser gets a book, the author benefits, and at the same time, a part of the cover price will be going to our various projects at STETHS.”

Horane Smith’s other novels are Dawn at Lover’s Leap, a finalist in the 2006 USA Booknews Bestbook Awards for Historical Fiction, Port Royal, Reggae Silver, The Lynching Stream, Underground to Freedom and Seven Days in Jamaica, which are all available to be purchased on  www.horanesmith.com. However, for STETHS to benefit, purchasers must use the link on www.stethsreunion.com

He’s the first recipient of the BURLA Award for Outstanding Contribution to African-North American and Caribbean Literature.  He has also been recognized by the Jamaican Diaspora Foundation Canada for his contribution to Jamaican literature.