Tom Smith

Background

The son of a Swedish mother and an English father, Smith was born and raised in London.

Education

He studied at Street John"s College, Cambridge.

Career

Following his graduation in 2001, he received the Harper Wood Studentship for English Poetry and Literature and continued his Creative Writing studies for a year at Parvin University in Italy. After completing his studies, Smith worked as a writer and a script editor, including a stint story-lining Cambodia"s first soap opera in Phnom Penh with the British Broadcasting Corporation. His first novel, Child 44, published in early 2008, was inspired by the true-life case of Andrei Chikatilo, who committed a series of child murders in Soviet Russia. lieutenant has been translated into 36 languages and in January, 2011, Richard Madeley and Judy Finnegan listed it in their Book Club 100 Books of the decade.

Ridley Scott optioned the film rights.

A film based on the novel was announced in 2009, with Ridley Scott originally attached as director Instead, the film was directed by Daniel Espinosa (Safe House) while being produced by Scott and his longtime production collaborator Michael Costigan via Scott Free Productions.

Child 44 stars Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Charles Dance, and Joel Kinnaman. Smith"s follow-up to Child 44, The Secret Speech, was published in April, 2009, and the final novel in the series, Agent 6, was published in July 2011.

Smith"s fourth book, a standalone novel entitled The Farm, was published in February 2014.

Smith also wrote a drama television series, London Spy, which was first broadcast on British Broadcasting Corporation Two in November 2015. London Spy (2015 debut).

Achievements

• lieutenant was awarded the 2008 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for best thriller of the year by the Crime Writers" Association, named on the long list for the 2008 Manitoba Booker Prize, and nominated for the 2008 Costa First Novel Award (former Whitbread). In July, 2009, he won the Waverton Good Read Award for first novels and the Galaxy Book Award for Best Newcomer with Child 44.

Works

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  • The Secret Speech (The Child 44 Trilogy)

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  • Child 44 and The Secret Speech (Set of 2)

    (Set of Two: Child 44 and The Secret Speech, Brand New, Pu...)

  • The Child 44 Trilogy (3 Book Series)

    (From Book 1: SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE In a coun...)

  • Child 44 Trilogy Collection 3 Books Set Tom Rob Smith Secret Speech, Agent 6

    (Child 44 Trilogy Collection 3 books by Tom Rob Smith. Tit...)

  • Child 44 (Traditional Chinese Edition)
  • Child 44
  • Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (2015-03-26)
  • Agent 6 (The Child 44 Trilogy)
  • The Secret Speech (Child 44 Trilogy 2) by Tom Rob Smith (2011-07-07)
  • El Nino 44 = The Child 44 (Spanish Edition) by Tom Rob Smith (2015-05-14)
  • By Tom Rob Smith - Child 44 (The Child 44 Trilogy) (Una Mti) (2015-04-15) Audio CD
  • Child 44 (The Child 44 Trilogy)
  • Agent 6 (Child 44 Trilogy 3) by Tom Rob Smith (2012-01-19)

Connections

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Ben Stephenson