Roger Smith (Author)
Roger Smith (* 1960 in Johannesburg ) is a South African writer.
Life
Roger Smith worked as a screenwriter , director and film producer . The theme of his crime novels is violence in South African society; they play in his adopted home Cape Town , partly in the Cape Flats . With his works, Smith would like to draw particular attention to the gap between rich and poor and the resulting violence in South Africa. Since 2012 he has also been writing horror novels and espionage thrillers under the pseudonyms Max Wilde and James Rayburn .
Novels
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Mixed Blood , 2009.
- Cape of Darkness, German by Jürgen Bürger and Peter Torberg , Tropen, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-608-50202-2 .
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Wake Up Dead , 2010.
- Bloody awakening, German by Jürgen Bürger and Peter Torberg, Tropen, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-608-50206-0 .
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Dust Devils , 2011.
- Dusty Hell, German by Jürgen Bürger and Peter Torberg; Tropen, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-608-50210-7 .
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Capture , 2012.
- Silent Death, German by Ulrike Wasel and Klaus Timmermann; Tropen, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-608-50132-2 .
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Ishmael Toffee (novella), 2012.
- Ishmael Toffee, German by Simone Salitter; Tropen, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-608-10606-0 .
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Vile Blood (under the pseudonym Max Wilde), 2012.
- Schwarzes Blut, German by Kristof Kurz; Heyne, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-453-67643-5 .
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Sacrifices , 2013.
- Easy sacrifice, German by Ulrike Wasel and Klaus Timmermann; Tropen, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-608-50136-0 .
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Man Down , 2014.
- Mann am Boden, German by Ulrike Wasel and Klaus Timmermann; Tropen, Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3-608-50217-6 .
- Nowhere , 2016
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The Truth Itself , 2016.
- They will find you, German by Ulrike Wasel and Klaus Timmermann; Tropen, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-608-50378-4 .
Awards
- 2010: Crime of the year 2009 (1st place) in the KrimiWelt best list for Cape of Darkness
- 2010: 2nd place German Crime Prize for Cape of Darkness
- 2011: 9th place in the 2010 KrimiWelt best list for Bloody Awakening
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview with Smith at krimi-couch.de , accessed on September 12, 2012.
Web links
- Literature by and about Roger Smith in the catalog of the German National Library
- Roger Smith's website
- Biography on krimi-couch.de
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Smith, Roger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Johannesburg , South Africa |