Tom Rob Smith

1979–

English novelist and screenwriter born in London. He was educated at Dulwich College and St John’s College, Cambridge, then studied creative writing in Italy before working as a script editor, including on storylines for a Cambodian soap opera. His debut, Child 44, follows a state-security officer hunting a child killer in Stalin’s Soviet Union and won the Crime Writers’ Association Ian Fleming Steel Dagger. It was followed by The Secret Speech and Agent 6, and later by The Farm and Cold People. He also created the BBC drama London Spy. Child 44 was longlisted for the 2008 Man Booker Prize.

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