Roger Smith was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and now lives in Cape Town. His debut thriller, Mixed Blood (2009), was published in six countries. It won the Deutschen Krimi Preis 2010 in Germany and was nominated for a Spinetingler Best Novel award in the U.S.
His second book, Wake Up Dead, was released internationally in 2010. It has been nominated for a Krimi-Blitz Reader's Award in Germany, a Spinetingler award and was a 10 best pick of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Times (South Africa) and Krimiwelt (Germany)
Dust Devils is published internationally in 2011 and was a Der Speigel Book of the Month and #1 on the KrimiZeit Ten Best .
Mixed Blood & Wake Up Dead are in development as feature films: GreeneStreet is developing the movie version of Mixed Blood to star Samuel L. Jackson.
Director Mark Tonderai, whose House At The End of The Street – starring Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence – will be released in early 2012, is adapting Wake Up Dead for the screen.
His second book, Wake Up Dead, was released internationally in 2010. It has been nominated for a Krimi-
Dust Devils is published internationally in 2011 and was a Der Speigel Book of the Month and #1 on the KrimiZeit Ten Best .
Mixed Blood & Wake Up Dead are in development as feature films: GreeneStreet is developing the movie version of Mixed Blood to star Samuel L. Jackson.
Director Mark Tonderai, whose House At The End of The Street – starring Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence – will be released in early 2012, is adapting Wake Up Dead for the screen.
Film and TV Rights:
Jody Hotchkiss
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"Smith is Charles Willeford via James Ellroy – proof that noir is alive and flourishing." KEN BRUEN LONDON BOULEVARD
Agent:
Alice Fried Martell
The Martell Agency
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New York, NY 10019
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afmartell@themartellagency.com
Alice Fried Martell
The Martell Agency
1350 Avenue of The Americas
Suite 1205
New York, NY 10019
(T) 212 317 2672 (F) 212 317 2676
afmartell@themartellagency.com
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