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Tom Rob Smith

Born

in London, The United Kingdom

January 01, 1979

Website

http://tomrobsmith.com/

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Detective Mystery, Soviet Union Fiction

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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 · 160,422 ratings · 14,849 reviews · 30 distinct works • Similar authors

	Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 91,669 ratings — published 2008 — 6 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 Farm 3.56 avg rating — 26,836 ratings — published 2014 — 30 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 Secret Speech (Leo Demidov, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 20,571 ratings — published 2009 — 90 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
	Agent 6 (Leo Demidov, #3) 3.83 avg rating — 13,790 ratings — published 2011 — 78 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
	Cold People 3.50 avg rating — 5,550 ratings — published 2023 — 22 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
	Child 44 and The Secret Speech: Digital Omnibus Edition (The Child 44 Trilogy) 4.09 avg rating — 450 ratings — published 2011 — 10 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
	Tom Rob Smith Trilogy 4.53 avg rating — 396 ratings — published 2011 — 8 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
	Twenty Years Together 4.02 avg rating — 223 ratings — 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
	The Farm - Free Preview (First 25 Pages) 3.57 avg rating — 228 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
	London Spy: The Complete Scripts 4.36 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2016 — 4 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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“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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“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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“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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Voting for December 2018 group read - set in Russia!

Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith

11 votes, 44.0%

Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith

7 votes, 28.0%

The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin

3 votes, 12.0%

Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews

3 votes, 12.0%

Kolymsky Heights by Lionel Davidson

1 vote, 4.0%

Eye of the Red Tsar by Sam Eastland

0 votes, 0.0%

25 total votes

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