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Tom Rob Smith

(b.1979)

Born in 1979 to a Swedish mother and an English father, Tom Rob Smith's bestselling novels in the Child 44 trilogy were international publishing sensations. Among its many honours, Child 44 won the International Thriller Writer Award for Best First Novel, the Galaxy Book Award for Best New Writer, the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and the inaugural Desmond Elliot Prize. Child 44 is now a major motion picture starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and Gary Oldman.

Awards: Waverton (2009), ITW (2009), Barry (2009), CWA (2008) see all

Genres: Thriller, Science Fiction

Series

Leo Demidov
   1. Child 44 (2008)
   2. The Secret Speech (2009)
   3. Agent 6 (2011)

Novels

The Farm (2014)
Cold People (2022)

Non fiction show

Books containing stories by Tom Rob Smith

The Mystery Box (2013)
(Mystery Writers of America Presents)
edited by
Brad Meltzer

Awards

	2009 Waverton Good Read Award : Child 44
	2009 ITW Award for Best First Novel : Child 44
	2009 Barry Award for Best First Novel : Child 44
	2008 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger : Child 44

Award nominations

	2015 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : The Farm
	2012 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : Agent 6
	2010 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : Child 44
	2009 Dilys Award for Best Book (nominee) : Child 44
	2009 Anthony Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Child 44
	2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller (nominee) : Child 44
	2008 John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger (shortlist) : Child 44
	2008 Desmond Elliott Prize (nominee) : Child 44
	2008 Costa Book Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Child 44
	2008 Booker Prize (longlist) : Child 44

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