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Tom Rob Smith


Born
in London, The United Kingdom
January 01, 1979

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Genre
Literature & Fiction, Detective Mystery, Soviet Union Fiction


Tom Rob Smith (born 1979) is an English writer. The son of a Swedish mother and an English father, Smith was raised in London where he lives today. After graduating from Cambridge University in 2001, he completed his studies in Italy, studying creative writing for a year. After these studies, he worked as a scriptwriter.

His first novel, Child 44, about a series of child murders in Stalinist Russia, appeared in early 2008 and was translated into 17 languages. It was awarded the 2008 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of the year by the Crime Writer's Association. It was recently a Barnes & Noble recommended book. On July 29, 2008 the book was named on the long list for the 2008 Man Booker Prize. In November 2008, he was nominated for ...more

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Average rating: 3.93 · 155,970 ratings · 14,416 reviews · 33 distinct works • Similar authors
Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1)
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The Farm
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The Secret Speech (Leo Demi...
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Agent 6 (Leo Demidov, #3)
3.83 avg rating — 13,435 ratings — published 2011 — 78 editions
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Cold People
3.50 avg rating — 5,115 ratings — published 2023 — 20 editions
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Child 44 and The Secret Spe...
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Tom Rob Smith Trilogy
4.54 avg rating — 390 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions
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London Spy: The Complete Sc...
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“There's nothing more stubborn than a fact. That is why you hate them so much. They offend you.”
― Tom Rob Smith, Child 44
tags: facts, stubborn
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“Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas?”
― Tom Rob Smith, Agent 6
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“To stand up for someone was to stitch your fate into the lining of theirs.”
― Tom Rob Smith, Child 44
tags: defender, fate
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Case Histories Case Histories (Jackson Brodie #1) by Kate Atkinson Kate Atkinson
 
  4 votes, 66.7%

Child 44 Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1) by Tom Rob Smith Tom Rob Smith
 
  1 vote, 16.7%

An Instance of the Fingerpost An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears Iain Pears
 
  1 vote, 16.7%

Smilla's Sense of Snow
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg Peter Høeg
 
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The Trial of Elizabeth Cree The Trial of Elizabeth Cree by Peter Ackroyd Peter Ackroyd
 
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The Poe Shadow The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl Matthew Pearl
 
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