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Martin Cruz Smith

1942 - Today

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Martin Cruz Smith, born Martin William Smith (November 3, 1942), is an American writer of mystery and suspense fiction, mostly in an international or historical setting. He is best known for his ten-novel series (to date) on Russian investigator Arkady Renko, introduced in 1981 with Gorky Park. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Cruz Smith has received more than 391,642 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Cruz Smith is the 5,468th most popular writer, the 8,102nd most popular biography from United States and the 630th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Rose
History, Man-woman relationships, Fiction
The year is 1872. The place is Wigan, England, a coal town where rich mine owners live lavishly alongside miners no better than slaves. Into this dark, complicated world comes Jonathan Blair, who has accepted a commission to find a missing man. When he begins his search every road leads back to one woman, a haughty, vixenish pit girl named Rose. With her fiery hair and skirts pinned up over trousers, she cares nothing for a society that calls her unnatural, scandalous, erotic. As Rose and Blair circle one another, first warily, then with the heat of mutual desire, Blair loses his balance. And the lull induced by Rose's sensual touch leaves him unprepared for the bizarre, soul-scorching truth.
1996
Red Square
Fiction, Police, Arkady Renko (Fictitious character)
1992
Stallion Gate
Atomic bomb, Atomic bomb in fiction, English fiction
Un magnifique roman d'aventures dont le moment fort est l'evocation des dix secondes les plus cruciales de l'histoire contemporaine: le premier essai de la bombe atomique en decembre 1944.
1986
Gorky Park
Fiction, Police, Arkady Renko (Fictitious character)
A triple murder in a Moscow amusement center: three corpses found frozen in the snow, faces and fingers missing. Chief homicide investigator Arkady Renko is brilliant, sensitive, honest, and cynical about everything except his profession. To identify the victims and uncover the truth, he must battle the KGB, FBI and New York police as he pursues a rich, ruthless, and well-connected American fur dealer. Meanwhile, Arkady is falling in love with a beautiful, headstrong dissident for whom he may risk everything... Rich in insight, powerfully written, unrelentingly suspenseful, and impeccable in its portrayal of Moscow life, here is *Gorky Park*.
1981
Polar Star
Arkady Renko (Fictious character), Arkady Renko (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories
1989
Havana Bay
Novela de misterio, Novela política, Detective and mystery stories
Een Moskouse rechercheur wordt naar Havana ontboden om de moord op een agent van de Russische geheime dienst op te lossen.
1999

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Martin Cruz Smith ranks 5,468 out of 7,302. Before him are John Marston, Eugenio Montejo, Jakub Arbes, Patricia Wrightson, Emilia Lanier, and Gonzalo Rojas. After him are Guy Gavriel Kay, Eva Kotchever, J. Bernlef, Lev Kassil, Dimitar Dimov, and Guido Gozzano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Martin Cruz Smith ranks 539. Before him are Casimir Oyé-Mba, Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, Jesús Glaría, Hugo Simon, Jaime Graça, and Mike Summerbee. After him are Laila Freivalds, Catharina Lodders, Antonio Martino, Kenneth Lay, Brandon Carter, and Anita Roddick.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martin Cruz Smith ranks 8,102 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Rubin (1938), Nicholas Metropolis (1915), Charles Cyphers (1939), Todd Armstrong (1937), Bill Nye (1955), and Yvonne Rainer (1934). After him are Elisabeth Moore (1876), Ty Hardin (1930), Carla Laemmle (1909), The Fabulous Moolah (1923), James P. Johnson (1894), and Ferde Grofé (1892).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Martin Cruz Smith ranks 630. Before him are Christopher Paolini (1983), Scott O'Dell (1898), John Antoine Nau (1860), John Varley (1947), Richard Scarry (1919), and Jeffrey Eugenides (1960). After him are Amy Tan (1952), Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836), John Keel (1930), Ted Chiang (1967), Michael Herr (1940), and Norman Cousins (1915).

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