Martin Cruz Smith

Martin Cruz Smith è un autore americano di successo, noto principalmente per i suoi romanzi gialli. Nato come Martin William Smith il 3 novembre 1942 a Reading, in Pennsylvania, è cresciuto in una famiglia appassionata di jazz e impegnata nella causa dei diritti dei Pueblo. Smith si è laureato in Arti Creative con una specializzazione in scrittura creativa presso l'Università della Pennsylvania nel 1964. Il suo primo approccio al mondo della scrittura è stato come giornalista sportivo per l'Associated Press in Pennsylvania, ma in seguito è passato a lavorare come editor per la rivista maschile "For Men Only" a New York.

Prima di diventare un affermato autore di fiction, Smith ha lavorato come giornalista dal 1965 al 1969. Ha pubblicato il suo primo giallo, "Gypsy in Amber", nel 1971, con protagonista il commerciante d'arte rom nyciano Roman Grey, candidato all'Edgar Award. Tuttavia, è stato il suo romanzo "Nightwing" a dargli un riconoscimento significativo e a essere trasposto in un film. Smith è probabilmente più noto per la sua serie di romanzi con il investigatore russo Arkady Renko. Il primo romanzo di questa serie, "Gorky Park", pubblicato nel 1981, è stato un bestseller e ha vinto il Gold Dagger Award dall'Associazione britannica dei giallisti. Renko è apparso anche in "Polar Star", "Red Square", "Havana Bay", "Wolves Eat Dogs", "Stalin's Ghost" e "Three Stations".

Oltre al suo lavoro come Martin Cruz Smith, ha anche scritto sotto vari pseudonimi, come Simon Quinn, Nick Carter e Jake Logan. Con il nome Simon Quinn, ha scritto "The Inquisitor Series", e come Nick Carter, ha firmato la serie "Nick Carter: Killmaster" con Mike Avallone e altri. Ha anche scritto due western d'azione per adulti Slocum come Jake Logan. Smith vive ora a San Rafael, in California, con sua moglie e tre figli. Ha vinto il British Crime Writers’ Association's Gold Dagger Award e il Dashiell Hammett Award twice dall'International Association of Crime Writers’ North American Branch per il suo eccellente lavoro.
Arkady Renko Books
# Titolo Anno
1 Gorky Park 1981
2 Polar Star 1989
3 Red Square 1992
4 Havana Bay 1999
5 Wolves Eat Dogs 2004
6 Stalin's Ghost 2007
7 Three Stations 2010
8 Tatiana 2013
9 The Siberian Dilemma 2019
10 Independence Square 2023
11 Hotel Ukraine 2025
The Inquisitor Books (as Simon Quinn)
# Titolo Anno
1 The Devil in Kansas 1974
2 The Last Time I Saw Hell ( As: Simon Quinn) 1974
3 Nuplex Red 1974
4 His Eminence, Death 1974
5 The Midas Coffin 1975
6 Last Rites for the Vulture 1975
Nick Carter: Killmaster Books
# Titolo Anno
1 The Inca Death Squad 1972
2 Run, Spy, Run 1964
3 The China Doll 1964
4 The Devil's Dozen 1973
5 Checkmate in Rio 1964
6 Safari for Spies 1964
7 Fraulein Spy 1964
8 Saigon 1964
9 A Bullet for Fidel 1965
10 The 13th Spy 1965
11 Eyes of the Tiger 1965
12 Istanbul 1965
13 Web of Spies 1966
14 Spy Castle 1966
15 Terrible Ones 1966
16 Dragon Flame 1966
17 Hanoi 1966
18 Danger Key 1966
19 Operation Starvation 1966
20 Mind Poisoners 1966
21 The Weapon Of Night 1967
22 Golden Serpent 1967
23 Mission to Venice 1967
24 Double Identity 1967
25 The Devil's Cockpit 1967
26 The Chinese Paymaster 1967
27 Seven Against Greece 1967
28 A Korean Tiger 1967
29 Assignment Israel 1967
30 Red Guard 1967
31 The Filthy Five 1967
32 The Bright Blue Death 1967
33 Macao 1968
34 Operation Moon Rocket 1968
35 The Judas Spy 1968
36 Hood of Death 1968
37 Amsterdam 1968
38 Temple of Fear 1968
39 Fourteen Seconds to Hell 1968
40 The Defector 1969
41 Carnival for Killing 1969
42 Rhodesia 1969
43 The Red Rays 1969
44 Peking: The Tulip affair 1969
45 The Amazon 1969
46 The Sea Trap 1969
47 Berlin 1969
48 Human Time Bomb 1969
49 The Cobra Kill 1969
50 Living Death 1969
51 Operation Che Guevara 1969
52 The Doomsday Formula 1969
53 Operation Snake 1969
54 The Casbah Killers 1969
55 The Red Rebellion 1970
56 The Executioners 1970
57 Black Death 1970
58 The Mind Killers 1970
59 Time Clock of Death 1970
60 Cambodia 1970
61 The Death Strain 1970
62 Jewel of Doom 1970
63 Moscow 1970
64 The Arab Plague / Slavemaster 1970
65 Ice Bomb Zero 1971
66 Mark of Cosa Nostra 1972
67 The Cairo Mafia / Cairo 1972
68 Assault on England 1973
69 The Omega Terror 1973
70 Code Name: Werewolf 1973
71 Strike Force Terror 1973
72 Agent Counter-agent 1973
73 Hour of the Wolf 1973
74 Our Agent in Rome Is Missing 1973
75 Kremlin File 1973
76 Spanish Connection 1973
77 The Death's Head Conspiracy 1973
78 The Peking Dossier 1973
79 Target: Doomsday Island 1974
80 Night of the Avenger 1974
81 Butcher of Belgrade 1974
82 Assassination Brigade 1974
83 The Liquidator 1974
84 Ice-Trap Terror 1974
85 Assassin Code Name Vulture 1974
86 The Stolen Pay Train 1974
87 Massacre in Milan 1974
88 Vatican Vendetta 1974
89 Sign of the Cobra 1974
90 Man Who Sold Death 1974
91 The N3 Conspiracy 1974
92 Beirut Incident 1974
93 Death of the Falcon 1974
94 The Aztec Avenger 1974
95 The Code 1975
96 The Jerusalem File 1975
97 Counterfeit Agent 1975
98 Six Bloody Summer Days 1975
99 The Katmandu Contract 1975
100 The Z Document 1975
101 Dr. Death 1975
102 Ultimate Code 1975
103 Assignment Intercept 1976
104 Green Wolf Connection 1976
105 The Fanatics of Al Asad 1976
106 The Snake Flag Conspiracy 1976
107 The Turncoat 1976
108 The Sign of the Prayer Shawl 1976
109 Vulcan Disaster 1976
110 A High Yield In Death 1976
111 The Nichovev Plot 1976
112 Triple Cross 1976
113 The Gallagher Plot 1976
114 Plot for the Fourth Reich 1977
115 Death Message 1978
116 The List 1978
117 Under the Wall 1978
118 The Ebony Cross 1978
119 Deadly Doubles 1978
120 Race of Death 1978
121 Trouble in Paradise 1978
122 The Pamplona Affair 1978
123 The Doomsday Spore 1978
124 Revenge of the Generals 1979
125 The Asian Mantrap 1979
126 Thunderstrike In Syria 1979
127 The Redolmo Affair 1979
128 The Jamaican Exchange 1979
129 Tropical Deathpact 1979
130 The Pemex Chart 1979
131 Hawaii 1979
132 The Satan Trap 1979
133 Reich Four 1979
134 The Nowhere Weapon 1979
135 Strike of the Hawk 1980
136 Day of the Dingo 1980
137 Tarantula Strike 1980
138 Ten Times Dynamite 1980
139 Eighth Card Stud 1980
140 The Suicide Seat 1980
141 Death Mission: Havana 1980
142 War From The Clouds 1980
143 The Coyote Connection 1981
144 The Q Man 1981
145 The Society of Nine 1981
146 The Ouster Conspiracy 1981
147 The Golden Bull 1981
148 The Dubrovnik Massacre 1981
149 The Solar Menace 1981
150 The Strontium Code 1981
151 Pleasure Island 1981
152 Cauldron of Hell 1981
153 The Parisian Affair 1981
154 Turkish Bloodbath 1982
155 Chessmaster 1982
156 The Last Samurai 1982
157 The Puppet Master 1982
158 The Dominican Affair 1982
159 The Damocles Threat 1982
160 Earth Shaker 1982
161 The Treason Game 1982
162 Deathlight 1982
163 The Israeli Connection 1982
164 Norwegian Typhoon 1982
165 The Hunter 1982
166 Operation McMurdo Sound 1982
167 Appointment in Haiphong 1982
168 Retreat for Death 1982
169 The Mendoza Manuscript 1982
170 The Death Star Affair 1982
171 Doctor DNA 1982
172 Typhoon Ray 1982
173 The Christmas Kill 1982
174 The Greek Summit 1982
175 Hide and Go Die 1983
176 The Kali Death Cult 1983
177 Operation Vendetta 1983
178 The Yukon Target 1983
179 The Death Dealer 1983
180 The Istanbul Decision 1983
181 The Decoy Hit 1983
182 The Outback Ghosts 1983
183 Earthfire North 1983
184 The Budapest Run 1983
185 Caribbean Coup 1984
186 The Algarve Affair 1984
187 Zero-Hour Strike Force 1984
188 Operation Sharkbite 1984
189 Death Island 1984
190 Night of the Warheads 1984
191 Day of the Mahdi 1984
192 Assignment: Rio 1984
193 Death Hand Play 1984
194 The Kremlin Kill 1984
195 The Mayan Connection 1984
196 San Juan Inferno 1984
197 Circle of Scorpions 1985
198 The Blue Ice Affair 1985
199 The Macao Massacre 1985
200 Pursuit of the Eagle 1985
201 The Vengeance Game 1985
202 Last Flight to Moscow 1985
203 The Normandy Code 1985
204 White Death 1985
205 The Assassin Convention 1985
206 Blood of the Scimitar 1985
207 The Execution Exchange 1985
208 The Tarlov Cipher 1985
209 Target Red Star 1986
210 The Killing Ground 1986
211 The Berlin Target 1986
212 Mercenary Mountain 1986
213 Blood Ultimatum 1986
214 The Cyclops Conspiracy 1986
215 Tunnel for Traitors 1986
216 The Samurai Kill 1986
217 Terror Times Two 1986
218 Death Orbit 1986
219 Slaughter Day 1986
220 The Master Assassin 1986
221 Operation Petrograd 1986
222 Crossfire Red 1987
223 Blood of the Falcon 1987
224 Death Squad 1987
225 The Terror Code 1987
226 Holy War 1987
227 Blood Raid 1987
228 East of Hell 1987
229 Killing Games 1987
230 Terms of Vengeance 1987
231 Pressure Point 1987
232 Night of the Condor 1987
233 The Poseidon Target 1987
234 The Andropov File 1988
235 Dragonfire 1988
236 Bloodtrail to Mecca 1988
237 Deathstrike 1988
238 Lethal Prey 1988
239 Spykiller 1988
240 Bolivian Heat 1988
241 The Rangoon Man 1988
242 Code Name Cobra 1988
243 Afghan Intercept 1988
244 Countdown to Armageddon 1988
245 Black Sea Bloodbath 1988
246 The Deadly Diva 1989
247 Invitation to Death 1989
248 Day of the Assassin 1989
249 The Korean Kill 1989
250 Middle East Massacre 1989
251 Sanction to Slaughter 1989
252 Holiday in Hell 1989
253 Law of the Lion 1989
254 Hong Kong Hit 1989
255 Deep Sea Death 1989
256 Arms of Vengeance 1989
257 Hell-Bound Express 1989
258 Isle of Blood 1989
259 Singapore Sling 1990
260 Ruby Red Death 1990
261 Arctic Abduction 1990
262 Dragon Slay 1990
Roman Grey Books
# Titolo Anno
1 Gypsy in Amber 1971
2 Canto for a Gypsy 1972
Romanzi singoli
# Titolo Anno
1 The Indians Won 1970
2 The Analog Bullet 1972
3 The Human Factor 1975
4 The Human Factor ( As: Simon Quinn) 1975
5 The Midas Coffin ( As: Simon Quinn) 1975
6 The Midas Coffin 1975
7 The Adventures of the Wilderness Family 1976
8 Nightwing 1977
9 Ride for Revenge 1980
10 Stallion Gate 1986
11 Rose 1996
12 Tokyo Station / December 6 2002
13 The Girl from Venice 2016
Martin Cruz Smith Anthologies
# Titolo Anno
1 Death by Espionage: Intriguing Stories of Betrayal and Deception 1970
2 High Jinx 1987