Tom Rob Smith

Tom Rob Smith
Smith at 2013Frankfurt Book Fair
Born	(1979-02-19)February 19, 1979 London, England
Occupation	Author screenwriter producer
Genre	Thriller,Mystery
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Tom Rob Smith(born February 19, 1979) is an English author, screenwriter and producer.

Personal life and education

The son of Swedish mother Barbro and English father Ron, both antiques dealers,Smith was born and raised atNorbury,South London.He went to school atDulwich Collegebetween the years of 1987 and 1997.Following his graduation fromSt John's College, Cambridge,in 2001, he received the Harper Wood Studentship for English Poetry and Literature and continued his Creative Writing studies for a year at theUniversity of Pavia,in Italy. He was formerly the partner ofBen Stephenson.

Career

After completing his studies, Smith worked as a writer and a script editor, including a stint with the BBC. Among his projects was story-lining Cambodia's first soap opera, set inPhnom Penh.

His first novel,Child 44,published in early 2008, was inspired by the true-life case ofAndrei Chikatilo,who committed a series of child murders in Soviet Russia. It was awarded the 2008Ian Fleming Steel Daggerfor best thriller of the year by theCrime Writers' Association,named on the long list for the 2008Man Booker Prize,and nominated for the2008 Costa First Novel Award(former Whitbread). In July 2009, he won theWaverton Good Read Awardfor first novels and theGalaxy Book Awardfor Best Newcomer withChild 44.It 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".In 2007,Ridley Scottoptioned thefilm rights.

Fox 2000 bought the project. A film based on the novel was announced in 2009, withRidley Scottoriginally attached as both director and producer.The 2015 filmwas produced by Scott and his longtime production collaboratorMichael Costigan,viaScott Free Productions,and directed byDaniel Espinosa.Child 44starsGary Oldman,Tom Hardy,Noomi Rapace,Charles Dance,andJoel Kinnaman.

Smith's sequel toChild 44,The Secret Speech,was published in April 2009, and the final novel in the trilogy,Agent 6,was published in July 2011.Smith's fourth book, a standalone novel entitledThe Farm,was published in February 2014.

Smith also wrote a drama television series,London Spy,which was first broadcast onBBC Twoin November 2015.

Smith was selected as executive producer and writer for season 2 ofAmerican Crime Story,anFXtrue crime anthology series. It is titledThe Assassination of Gianni Versaceand explores the murder of designerGianni Versaceby serial killerAndrew Cunanan.

Bibliography

Child 44 Trilogy

• Child 44(2008).ISBN978-1847371263
• The Secret Speech(2009).ISBN978-1847371287
• Agent 6(2011).ISBN978-1847375674

Other

• The Farm(2014).ISBN978-1847375698
• Cold People(2023).ISBN978-1471133107

Filmography

Production	Episodes	Broadcaster
Doctors	"Today's the Day" (2003) "Gap Year" (2004)	BBC One
Dream Team	6 episodes (2005)	Sky One
London Spy	Series creator, all episodes (2015)	BBC Two
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story	Series creator, all episodes (2018)	FX
MotherFatherSon	Series creator, all episodes (2019)	BBC Two
Class of '09	Series creator, all episodes (2023)	FX on Hulu

Further reading

• Durnin, Lucy & Smith, Tom Rob (25 March 2008)."INTERVIEW: From soaps to Soviet murder mystery".PinkNews.{{cite news}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Forshaw, Barry (14 April 2008)."Child 44, by Tom Rob Smith (A dark winter for the top cop in Stalin's pitiless Soviet Union)".The Independent.Archived from the original on 29 April 2008.{{cite news}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
• Macqueen, Angus (11 April 2008)."Review: Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith".The Guardian.
• Nagorski, Andrew (2 May 2008)."Books: Tom Rob Smith's 'Child 44,' Soviet killer (When a Hunter Gets Captured by the Game)".Newsweek.
• "The Sunday Times crime fiction selections".The Sunday Times.25 May 2008.

External links

• Official website
• Tom Rob SmithatIMDb
• Tom Rob Smith on Good reads