Tom Rob Smith

Author of Child 44

Also known as: Tom R. Smith, Tom R. Smith, Tom Rob Smith, SMITH TOM ROB

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Child 44 1170 copies, 90 reviews
The Secret Speech 219 copies, 20 reviews

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Canonical name

Smith, Tom Rob

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Date of birth

1979

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Gender

male

Nationality

England (birth)

Places of residence

London, England, UK

Education

University of Cambridge

Occupations

screenwriter

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Awards and honors

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St. John Donald (United Agents)

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Short biography

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.

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