Tom Rob Smith





Tom Rob Smith

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January 01, 1979

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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...more


Average rating: 3.94 · 24,736 ratings · 3,394 reviews · 12 distinct works · Similar authors
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 18,756 ratings — published 2008 — 73 editions
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 3,864 ratings — published 2009 — 44 editions
Agent 6 (Leo Demidov, #3)
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 2,026 ratings — published 2011 — 29 editions
Tom Rob Smith Trilogy
4.62 of 5 stars 4.62 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
Child 44 and The Secret Spe...
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2012
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4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions
エージェント6 (シックス)〈下〉
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5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011
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Agent 6
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013
Det Hemliga Manifestet (Leo...
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010
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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? - From "Agent 6”
Tom Rob Smith

“His hate wasn't professional; it was an obsession, a fixation, as if unrequited love had grown awful, twisted into something ugly.”
Tom Rob Smith, Child 44

“To stand up for someone was to stitch your fate into the lining of theirs.”
Tom Rob Smith, Child 44

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