Nicholas Sansbury Smith
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Nicholas Sansbury Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 26, 1983 Des Moines, Iowa, US |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | University of Iowa Drake University |
| Period | 2013-Present |
| Genre | post apocalypse, military sf, genetic engineering, science fiction, horror |
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Nicholas Sansbury Smith (born December 26, 1983)[1] is an American writer of speculative fiction. He is the author of the series ''Extinction Cycle'', ''Hell Divers'', ''Orbs'', and ''Trackers''.[1] His work focuses on dystopic settings in the near future; in Smith's entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, John Clute comments that "spares no prisoners, of the left or of the right, in his renderings of Americas torn apart by external and internal enemies."[1]
Education and early career[edit]
Smith received a BA in Political Science from the University of Iowa and an MA in Public Administration from Drake University, taking a job with the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, specializing in disaster mitigation.[2][3]
Writing and publishing career[edit]
Smith began his career as an author through self-publishing, building an audience which allowed a transition to traditional publishing.[4] Orson Scott Card recommends his 2016 novel Hell Divers as a page-turner with a "compelling" plot and sympathetic characters, against a background of "violent action that keeps making you look around for Tom Cruise or Dwayne Johnson."[5]
In 2022 Smith became an acquisitions editor at Atheon Books.[6]
Select bibliography[edit]
E-Day[edit]
- E-Day (2021)
- Burning Earth (2021)
- Dark Moon (2022)
Extinction Cycle[edit]
- Extinction Red Line (2018) with Tom Abrahams
- Extinction Horizon (2014)[7][8]
- Extinction Edge (2015)[9]
- Extinction Age (2015)
- Extinction Evolution (2015)
- Extinction End (2016)[10]
- Extinction Aftermath (2016)
- Extinction War (2017)
- Extinction Shadow (2019) with Anthony J. Melchiorri
- Extinction Inferno (2019) with Anthony J. Melchiorri
- Extinction Ashes (2019) with Anthony J. Melchiorri
- Extinction Darkness (2020) with Anthony J. Melchiorri
Hell Divers[edit]
- Hell Divers (2016)[5][11] - Winner of the 2K Award for 2021 from the International Society for Literary Artists.[12] Winner of the 2016 INDIES Award for Science Fiction.[13] Audible bestseller.[14]
- Ghosts (2017)
- Deliverance (2018)
- Wolves (2018)
- Captives (2019) - Reached #16 in the New York Times Audio Fiction Bestseller List.[15]
- Allegiance (2019)
- Warriors (2020)
- King of the Wastes (2021)
Orbs[edit]
- Orbs (2013)
- Stranded (2014)
- Redemption (2015)
- Exodus (2018) with Anthony J. Melchiorri
Sons of War[edit]
- Sons of War (2020)
- Saints (2020)
- Sinners (2021)
Trackers[edit]
- Trackers (2017)
- The Hunted (2017)
- The Storm (2017)
- The Damned (2018)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Smith, Nicholas Sansbury". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. October 29, 2021.
- ↑ "Disaster mitigation expert becomes best-selling post-apocalyptic author". The Des Moines Cityview. August 12, 2019.
- ↑ "Nicholas Sansbury Smith: From Homeland Security to Best-Selling Author". The Iowa Source. January 3, 2020.
- ↑ "Self-publishing: bringing local authors to success, debt, or a route of possibilit". The Daily Iowan. February 5, 2022.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Orson Scott Card (May 14, 2018). "What We're Reading: Hell Divers". National Review. Vol. 70 no. 9. pp. 33–35.
- ↑ "Nicholas Sansbury Smith joins Aethon Books!". Atheon Books. February 21, 2022.
- ↑ "Review, Extinction Horizon". Publishers Weekly.
- ↑ "Goodreads, Best Horror, 2015". Goodreads.
- ↑ "Review, Extinction Edge". Publishers Weekly.
- ↑ "Goodreads, Best Horror, 2016". Goodreads.
- ↑ "Review, Hell Divers". Publishers Weekly.
- ↑ "ISLA Awards". International Society for Literary Artists. June 4, 2020.
- ↑ "Forward Indies". Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. June 4, 2020.
- ↑ News, A. B. C. "Audible best-sellers for week ending June 12th". ABC News. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ↑ "Audio Fiction Best Sellers". The New York Times. June 16, 2019.
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