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Martin Cruz Smith


 

Martin Cruz Smith (né Martin William Smith, later changed his middle name to Cruz after his grandmother's surname) was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA in 1942. Educated at the University of Pennsylvania, Smith received his BA in 1964. From 1965 to 1969 he worked as a journalist, and began writing fiction in the early 1970s. His first mystery, featuring a Gypsy art dealer in New York named Roman Grey, Gypsy in Amber (1971), was nominated for an Edgar Award. His second book, Nightwing, was made into a movie.

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