About Robert W. Smith, Author

Bob served four years in the Air Force as a Russian Linguist in Security Service Command, a branch of the NSA, afterwards attending DePaul University and The John Marshall Law School. With over thirty years experience as a criminal defense lawyer in Chicago, he brings real-life experience to his novels. His Running with Cannibals won the 2022 CIBA Hemingway Award and A Long Way from Clare, a historical mystery set in 1903 Chicago, was named a category finalist for the 2024 Eric Hoffer Award. The author lives in Chicago.

Praise for "The Sakhalin Collection"

“Cold War espionage in a snowbound setting, dueling spy agencies, love and death and big-time treachery The Sakhalin Collection has got it all. Robert Smith jams history, politics, culture, tradecraft and lots of good old-fashioned backstabbing into a thriller that will keep you turning the pages.”
— Sam Reaves author of Homicide 69

Praise for "Concrete Kingsdom"

“A crackling story that twists like a rattler and bites at every turn.”
— Jacquelyn Mitchard, Author of Deep End of the Ocean

Praise for "The Sakhalin Collection"

“Breaking the mold of the common political thriller, Robert Smith’s The Sakhalin Collection is as much about humanity as war, and raises questions about the mysteries of loyalty, friendship, love and human nature.”

— Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean and Still Summer