Roger Smith was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and now lives in Cape Town. Before turning to a life of crime, he was a screenwriter, producer and director. His debut thriller, Mixed Blood, was published in the U.S. and Germany in 2009. It won the Deutschen Krimi Preis 2010 in Germany and has been nominated for a Spinetingler Best Novel award.
His second book, Wake Up Dead , has been released in the U.S. and Germany and will be published later in 2010 in the UK, Japan, Italy and France.
GreeneStreet Films (NYC) is developing the movie version of Mixed Blood – scheduled to start shooting in Cape Town in late 2010 – starring Samuel L. Jackson, with Phillip Noyce directing.
His second book, Wake Up Dead , has been released in the U.S. and Germany and will be published later in 2010 in the UK, Japan, Italy and France.
GreeneStreet Films (NYC) is developing the movie version of Mixed Blood – scheduled to start shooting in Cape Town in late 2010 – starring Samuel L. Jackson, with Phillip Noyce directing.
Agent:
Alice Fried Martell
The Martell Agency
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New York, NY 10019
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afmartell@themartellagency.com
Alice Fried Martell
The Martell Agency
1350 Avenue of The Americas
Suite 1205
New York, NY 10019
(T) 212 317 2672 (F) 212 317 2676
afmartell@themartellagency.com
Read the background to MIXED BLOOD Download an author photograph by Sumaya de Wet
Download the cover of MIXED BLOOD (Picador) Download the cover of WAKE UP DEAD
Read an interview by Dave Zeltserman talking to Roger Smith about MIXED BLOOD & WAKE UP DEAD
Photo by Shelley Christians
"THE NEW POET LAUREATE OF VISCERAL, VIOLENT CRIME FICTION."
DAVE ZELTSERMAN/ SMALL CRIMES & PARIAH
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