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Russell A. Smith

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Born

in Croydon, England, The United Kingdom

March 11, 1977

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Fantasy, Thriller, Historical Fiction

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Neil Gaiman, Ben Aaronovitch, William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, [a:Ursu ...more

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March 2012

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Author of the Grenshall Manor Chronicles, Russell A. Smith has enjoyed many an adventure both with pencil, paper and dice, and also in real life. Each has been a formative experience for him. A keen petrolhead, he has a long list of things he wants to drive, and the list grows longer every day.

Russell has enjoyed a number of exciting roles so far, from editing newsletters and magazines, to time travelling, and portraying soldiers from Tudor times to the early 20th Century.

These days Russell spends a lot of time on tour across the UK investigating various houses and even more drinking tea. As well as writing, he enjoys a semi-regular presence on the Brave New Words podcast.

Russell is currently a pen for hire in the London area, though will ...more

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	Oblivion Storm (The Grenshall Manor Chronicles #1) 3.96 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2012 — 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 Elementals by Liz Knox (Goodreads Author), Jen L. Grey (Goodreads Author), Heather Young-Nichols (Goodreads Author) 4.63 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2020 — 2 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
	Primal Storm 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Crime Net by Colin F. Barnes (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Russell A. Smith (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Spyfunk! by Milton Davis, John Allen, Eugen Bacon (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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

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