Mark Smith is the author of several fantasy

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Background

Smith is of Czech-Hungarian/English descent and was born in

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. He was educated in

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and went on to gain an MA in Experimental Psychology from

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. He also spent some time racing in

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Career

Mark Smith is an author of

s, including co-authoring two ''

Fighting Fantasy ''Fighting Fantasy'' is a series of single-player role-playing gamebooks created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. The first volume in the series was published in paperback by Puffin in 1982. The series distinguished itself by mixing Choo ...

'' titles ''(

Talisman of Death ''Talisman of Death'' is a single-player role-playing gamebook written by Jamie Thomson and Mark Smith, illustrated by Bob Harvey and originally published in 1984 by Puffin Books. It was later republished by Wizard Books in 2006. It forms part o ...

'' and '' Sword of the Samurai''), and the series ''Duel Master'', ''

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'' and ''

Way of the Tiger ''The Way of the Tiger'' is a series of adventure gamebooks by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson, originally published by Knight Books (an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton) from 1985. They are set on the fantasy world of Orb. The reader takes the part ...

'' (1985-1987), all of which he co-authored with Jamie Thomson, whom he met whilst at school in Brighton. Today, Smith remains in southeast England, having been made insolvent by HMRC in December 2020.The Gazette
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List of works

*Fighting Fantasy #11:

*Fighting Fantasy #20: Sword of the Samurai *Falcon **The Renegade Lord **Mechanon **The Rack of Baal **Lost in Time **The Dying Sun **At the End of Time *The Way of the Tiger **Avenger! **Assassin! **Usurper! **Overlord! **Warbringer! **Inferno! *Duel Master **Challenge of the Magi **Blood Valley **The Shattered Realm **Arena of Death *Virtual Reality #1: Green Blood *Virtual Reality #3: The Coils of Hate

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Mark 20th-century births Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Alumni of the University of Oxford British fantasy writers Fighting Fantasy