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Who is Michael Marshall Smith ?
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- Michael Marshall Smith
- 3 may 1965
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- Knutsford , Cheshire , United Kingdom
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Biography of Michael Marshall Smith
Biography
Michael Marshall (Smith) was born in England in 1965. He spent his early childhood in the United States, South Africa and Australia, returning to England with his family in 1973. He attended Chigwell School in Essex and then went to King's College, Cambridge, where he read Philosophy and Social and Political Science. He also became involved in the Cambridge Footlights, serving as a committee member and writing and performing many shows including the 1987 UK and 1988 US Tours. He subsequently co-wrote and performed two award-winning series of BBC Radio 4's AND NOW, IN COLOUR.
Smith worked for a number of years as a graphic designer and writer of corporate videos, while starting to write short fiction. These stories have been published in anthologies and magazines in the US, UK and Europe. He is a five-time winner of the British Fantasy Award, and a four-time World Fantasy Award nominee. Many stories have recently been collected in MORE TOMORROW AND OTHER STORIES, winner of the International Horror Guild Award in 2003. A previous collection, WHAT YOU MAKE IT, was published in the UK by HarperCollins.
His first novel, ONLY FORWARD, won the August Derleth and Philip K. Dick awards. His second - SPARES was optioned for film by DreamWorks and translated into seventeen languages. His third, ONE OF US, was optioned by Warner Brothers. His fourth, THE STRAW MEN, was an international bestseller, as was his fifth - titled THE LONELY DEAD in the UK (HarperCollins), and THE UPRIGHT MAN in the US (Jove). His most recent novel - BLOOD OF ANGELS - is out in paperback. THE STRAW MEN is currently being developed as a comic series.
In 2007 Michael was Guest of Honour at the World Horror Convention. A short novel under a new name - M. M. Smith - will be published by HarperCollins in 2008.
Smith has also worked extensively as a screenwriter, writing for clients in LA and London. He is currently co-producing and writing a feature film based on one of his own short stories (HELL HATH ENLARGED HERSELF), and will be adapting a Stephen King story for television later in the year. His seventh novel, THE INTRUDERS, has been optioned by the BBC and is currently under series development.
He lives in North London, with his wife Paula, a son and two cats.
Source : Official Website