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| Born | Martin William Smith November 3, 1942 Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Education | University of Pennsylvania (BA) |
| Genre | Mystery Crime |
| Notable works | Gorky Park |
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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. The tenth book in the series, Independence Square, was published in May 2023.