Martin Cruz Smith
Author of Gorky Park
About the Author
Martin Cruz Smith is a writer of suspense novels. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, on November 3, 1942 but grew up in New Mexico and the Philadelphia area. Smith earned a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Smith worked for local television stations, newspapers, and the Associated Press. show more His early work was published under the names Simon Quinn, Jake Logan, and Martin Smith. Smith is best known for a series of suspense/thrillers featuring Investigator Arkady Renko. The first of these books, Gorky Park, was published in 1981 and adapted as a film starring William Hurt and Lee Marvin two years later. An earlier film of his work, Nightwing, directed by Arthur Hiller, was released in 1979. Smith is a member of the Authors League of America and the Authors Guild. In 2013 his title Tatiana made The New York Times Best Seller List. The Girl from Venice also became a bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
Martin Cruz Smith has written under the pseudonyms Simon Quinn, Martin Quinn, Jake Logan, and Martin Smith (his real name).
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Series
Works by Martin Cruz Smith
5 Novels: The French Connection | The Last Place God Made | A Kiss Before Dying | The Analog Bullet | A Bullet for… (1984) — Author — 3 copies
L'ENIGMA SIBERIANO 2 copies
Dilema Siberiano (O) 2 copies
L’ala della notte 1999 1 copy
Park Gorkega 1 copy
Los Alamos / Totentanz um eine Königskrone / Sing, Zigeuner, sing. Drei Romane in einem Band. (1999) 1 copy
O homem com dois cora c♯oes 1 copy
Enigma siberiano 1 copy
gorky park, wolves eat dogs. 1 copy
Associated Works
San Francisco Thrillers: True Crime and Dark Mysteries from the City by the Bay (1995) — Introduction — 32 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Keys to the Street • Rose • White Viper • Anything Considered 3 copies
hebbes — Contributor — 3 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Smith, Martin William
- Other names
- Quinn, Simon
Logan, Jake
Smith, Martin
Carter, Nick - Birthdate
- 1942-11-03
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
- Places of residence
- Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
San Rafael, California, USA - Education
- University of Pennsylvania (BA | Creative Writing | 1964)
- Occupations
- novelist
screenwriter
journalist - Awards and honors
- Crime Writers' Association, Golden Dagger Award (1991)
International Association of Crime Writers, Hammett Prize (1999 ∙ 1996)
Piemonte Grinzane Noir Prize (2008) - Disambiguation notice
- Martin Cruz Smith has written under the pseudonyms Simon Quinn, Martin Quinn, Jake Logan, and Martin Smith (his real name).
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Discussions
JULY READ - SPOILERS - Gorky Park in The Green Dragon (July 2013)
JULY READ - NO SPOILERS - Gorky Park in Book talk (July 2013)
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Statistics
- Works
- 42
- Also by
- 7
- Members
- 17,279
- Popularity
- #1,284
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 421
- ISBNs
- 673
- Languages
- 21
- Favorited
- 64