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Douglas Smith

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Douglas Smith is an award-winning historian and translator and the author of Rasputin and Former People, which was a bestseller in the U.K. His books have been translated into a dozen languages. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, he has written for The New York Times and Wall Street Journal and has appeared in documentaries with the BBC, National Geographic, and Netflix. Before becoming a historian, he worked for the U.S. State Department in the Soviet Union and as a Russian affairs analyst for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. He lives with his family in Seattle.

Douglas Smith Books

Former People book cover

Former People

Douglas Smith
The Dream Rider Saga: The Complete Trilogy book cover

The Dream Rider Saga: The Complete Trilogy

Douglas Smith
The Path of Rocks and Thorns book cover

The Path of Rocks and Thorns

Douglas Smith
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The Russian Job

Douglas Smith
Playing the Short Game: How to Market & Sell Short Fiction (2nd edition) book cover

Playing the Short Game: How to Market & Sell Short Fiction (2nd edition)

Douglas Smith
The Lost Expedition: The Dream Rider Saga, Book 3 book cover

The Lost Expedition: The Dream Rider Saga, Book 3

Douglas Smith
The Crystal Key: The Dream Rider Saga, Book 2 book cover

The Crystal Key: The Dream Rider Saga, Book 2

Douglas Smith
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The Story of a Life

Konstantin Paustovsky
The Hollow Boys: The Dream Rider Saga, Book 1 book cover

The Hollow Boys: The Dream Rider Saga, Book 1

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Space Opera Digest 2022: Have Ship Will Travel book cover

Space Opera Digest 2022: Have Ship Will Travel

Tracy Cooper-Posey
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The Rising Behemoth

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The Last of a Thing book cover

The Last of a Thing

Douglas Smith
Tales of the Sunrise Lands: Anthology of Fantasy Japan book cover

Tales of the Sunrise Lands: Anthology of Fantasy Japan

Richard Parks
Re-Terrify: Horrifying Stories of Monsters and More book cover

Re-Terrify: Horrifying Stories of Monsters and More

Nancy Springer
Re-Quest: Dark Fantasy Stories of Quests & Searches book cover

Re-Quest: Dark Fantasy Stories of Quests & Searches

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Re-Launch: Science Fiction Stories of New Beginnings book cover

Re-Launch: Science Fiction Stories of New Beginnings

Gregory L. Norris
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Rasputin

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Fiddleheads book cover

Fiddleheads

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Dream Flight

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The Walker of the Shifting Borderland book cover

The Walker of the Shifting Borderland

Douglas Smith
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