Guy N. Smith

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born

November 21, 1939 in Hopwas, Staffordshire, The United Kingdom

gender

male

website

http://www.guynsmith.com

genre

Horror, Mystery & Thrillers, Nonfiction

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I was born on November 21, 1939, in the small village of Hopwas, near Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. My mother was a pre-war historical novelist (E. M. Weale) and she always encouraged me to write.
I was first published at the age of 12 in The Tettenhall Observer, a local weekly newspaper. Between 1952-57 I wrote 56 stories for them, many serialized. In 1990 I collated these into a book entitled Fifty Tales from the Fifties.

My father was a dedicated bank manager and I was destined for banking from birth. I accepted it but never found it very interesting. During the early years when I was working in Birmingham, I spent most of my lunch hours in the Birmingham gun quarter. I would have loved to have served an apprenticeship in the gun trade...more

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Books by Guy N. Smith

Average rating: 3.91 · 2,007 ratings · 113 reviews · 97 distinct works

	Night Of The Crabs 3.28 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 1976 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Killer Crabs 3.44 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1978 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Crabs' Moon 3.07 avg rating — 44 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Origin of the Crabs 3.33 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1978 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Crabs on the Rampage 3.23 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1981 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Sucking Pit 2.93 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1975 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Bats Out Of Hell 3.48 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1978 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Satans Snowdrop 3.17 avg rating — 24 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Slime Beast 3.50 avg rating — 22 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Thirst 3.44 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1980 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Crabs (7 books)
by Guy N. Smith, Charlie Adlard

3.30 avg rating — 292 ratings

Sabat (4 books)
by Guy N. Smith

3.56 avg rating — 41 ratings

Deathbell (2 books)
by Guy N. Smith

3.32 avg rating — 22 ratings

Werewolf (3 books)
by Guy N. Smith

3.04 avg rating — 24 ratings

Thirst (2 books)
by Guy N. Smith

3.43 avg rating — 21 ratings

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“Crabs, crabs, crabs. Crabs the size of beach donkeys.”
― Guy N. Smith

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