Everything about Martin Cruz Smith totally explained
Martin Cruz Smith (né
Martin William Smith) was born in
Reading, Pennsylvania, in
1942. He originally wrote under the name Martin Smith only to discover there were other writers with the same name. His agent Knox Burger asked Smith to add a third name and Smith chose Cruz, the shortest name in his family. Privately, he's known as 'Bill.'
Smith was educated at the
University of Pennsylvania, and received a
Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing in
1964. From
1965 to
1969 he worked as a
journalist, and began
writing fiction in the early
1970s. His first
mystery, featuring a
Gypsy art dealer in
New York named Roman Grey,
Gypsy in Amber (
1971), was nominated for an
Edgar Award.
Nightwing was his breakthrough novel and was made into a
movie.
Smith is best known for his novels featuring the
Russian Investigator,
Arkady Renko. In
1981, Smith wrote
Gorky Park, which was called the "thriller of the '80s" by
Time Magazine. It became a
bestseller and won a
Gold Dagger Award from the
British Crime Writers' Association. Renko has appeared in five other novels by Smith,
Polar Star,
Red Square,
Havana Bay,
Wolves Eat Dogs and
Stalin's Ghost.
In the 1970s, Smith wrote two
Slocum adult action westerns, under the pen name Jake Logan. Smith also wrote a number of other paperback originals, including a series about a character named 'The Inquisitor,' who can be described as a
James Bond-type agent employed by the
Vatican.
Martin Cruz Smith now lives in
San Rafael,
California with his wife.
Bibliography
- The Indians Won (1970)
- Gypsy in Amber (1971)
- Canto for a Gypsy (1972)
- Analog Bullet (1972)
- Inca Death Squad (1972) (As Nick Carter)
- The Devil's Dozen (1973) (As Nick Carter)
- The Devil in Kansas (1974) (The Inquisitor Series #1) (As Simon Quinn)
- The Last Time I Saw Hell (1974) (The Inquisitor Series #2) (As Simon Quinn)
- Nuplex Red (1974) (The Inquisitor Series #3) (As Simon Quinn)
- His Eminence, Death (1974) (The Inquisitor Series #4) (As Simon Quinn)
- The Midas Coffin (1975) (The Inquisitor Series #5) (As Simon Quinn)
- The Human Factor (1975) (As Simon Quinn)
- The Wilderness Family (1975) (As Martin Quinn)
- Last Rites for the Vulture (1975) (The Inquisitor Series #6) (As Simon Quinn)
- Nightwing (1977)
- Ride for Revenge (A Slocum western) (as Jake Logan)
- Gorky Park (1981) (The Arkady Renko Series #1)
- Stallion Gate (1986)
- Polar Star (1989) (The Arkady Renko Series #2)
- Red Square (1992) (The Arkady Renko Series #3)
- Rose (1996)
- Havana Bay (1999) (The Arkady Renko Series #4)
- December 6 (2002) (also published as Tokyo Station)
- Wolves Eat Dogs (2004) (The Arkady Renko Series #5)
- Stalin's Ghost (2007) (The Arkady Renko Series #6)
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