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Russell A. Smith

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Born

in Croydon, England, The United Kingdom

March 11, 1977

Twitter

RASmithPSL

Genre

Fantasy, Thriller, Historical Fiction

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Neil Gaiman, Ben Aaronovitch, William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, [a:Ursu ...more

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March 2012

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https://www.goodreads.com/shadowlondon

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Author of the Grenshall Manor Chronicles, Russell A. Smith has enjoyed many an adventure both with pencil, paper and dice, and also in real life. Each has been a formative experience for him. A keen petrolhead, he has a long list of things he wants to drive, and the list grows longer every day.

Russell has enjoyed a number of exciting roles so far, from editing newsletters and magazines, to time travelling, and portraying soldiers from Tudor times to the early 20th Century.

These days Russell spends a lot of time on tour across the UK investigating various houses and even more drinking tea. As well as writing, he enjoys a semi-regular presence on the Brave New Words podcast.

Russell is currently a pen for hire in the London area, though will ...more

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Average rating: 4.24 · 105 ratings · 56 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Oblivion Storm (The Grenshall Manor Chronicles #1) 3.96 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2012 — 5 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 Elementals by Liz Knox (Goodreads Author), Jen L. Grey (Goodreads Author), Heather Young-Nichols (Goodreads Author) 4.63 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Primal Storm 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Crime Net by Colin F. Barnes (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Russell A. Smith (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 3 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
	Spyfunk! by Milton J. Davis (Goodreads Author), John Allen, Eugen Bacon (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 5 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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The Spyfunk! Files #(00)7 – Part 2: Tinker, Tailor, Author, Russ

The follow-up, set just one question after the last you heard from me. Scandals, favourites, the Idris Elba Bond discussion and a bonus round, below!

4. Do you have any stories from real life you find especially memorable in the world of espionage? Why so?

I’ve done a university assignment on the Profumo Affair, and my first conclusion on that one is that the affair itself was the least interest

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“I can tell by the look on Hagin's face that he had eaten some of my food. It is amazing those boys aren't fat.”
― R.A. Smith

tags: fat, fire-girl, food, humor, siblings

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message 4: by Russell

Dec 20, 2013 05:04PM

Deborah wrote: "Love reading your blog looking forward and totally ecstatic awaiting the new book !"

It'll be fun to get the book up and running! We had a fun conversation about it this evening, me and some friends... :)

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message 3: by Deborah

Dec 20, 2013 02:56PM