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Cal Smyth

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Crime, Thriller, Fiction

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Elmore Leonard, Jim Thompson, Don Winslow ...more

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Cal has lived in Serbia, Japan, Mexico, Italy and the UK. He has met wanted criminals, dealt with visa scams and escaped NATO bombing. The Balkan Route & The Woman with a Bullet in Her Leg are part of his Balkan Noir series, published by Fahrenheit Press.

In 2015, he was awarded a Literature Wales Writers’ Research Bursary for The Balkan Route. Cal interviewed a police inspector in Belgrade and was assisted by a linguist with a bullet in her leg who provided insights into the Serbian underworld. He turned her story into a real-life thriller.

Cal has an MA in Screenwriting, teaches Creative Writing and Writing Media. In 2019, he was awarded a Royal Literary Fund Fellowship as an author to help university students with their writing skills.

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Average rating: 4.34 · 29 ratings · 7 reviews · 9 distinct works

	Bad Teacher by Bad Teacher (Goodreads Author), Cal Smyth (Goodreads Author) 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Balkan Route (Balkan Noir Book 1) 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wrong Way Around 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Final Mile 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Crypto by Cal Smyth (Goodreads Author), Luca Lamorte (illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wrong Way Around by Cal Smyth (2013-10-21) by Cal Smyth (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Balkan Noir

I wanted to write a crime novel set in Belgrade for a long time as it’s a fascinating city and perfect for Balkan Noir. I’ve also loved two Serbian women, my son is half Serbian and I lived in Belgrade in 1997 / 1998.
Belgrade in the mid to late 90s was a crazy place. The war was over, the West had imposed sanctions and inflation was off the scale. The only economy which worked was the black-marke Read more of this blog post »

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