Mark Smith

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Mark Smith is the author of several fantasy gamebooks.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early Life 1.2 Career 2 Bibliography 2.1 Fighting Fantasy 2.1.1 Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks 2.2 Outside of Fighting Fantasy 3 See Also 4 External Links 5 References

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early Life

Smith is of Czech-Hungarian/English descent, his mother was brought as a child from Hungary, settling in the UK just before the Second World War. Born in Birmingham, Smith was educated in Brighton and went on to gain a MA in Experimental Psychology from Oxford University and spent some time racing in Formula Renault. He met Jamie Thomson whilst at school in Brighton and cites his gaming career as having begun with original Dungeons & Dragons in 1976.^[1]

[edit] Career

Today, Smith remains in south-east England and working in the field of software testing and quality assurance for NMQA - Software Testing.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Fighting Fantasy

Writer

[edit] Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks

• (#11) Talisman of Death (Puffin, 1984) (with Jamie Thomson)
• (#20) Sword of the Samurai (Puffin, 1986) (with Jamie Thomson)

[edit] Outside of Fighting Fantasy

Writer

The series Duelmaster, Falcon and Way of the Tiger, all of which he co-authored with Jamie Thomson.

[edit] See Also

• Dave Morris
• Jamie Thomson

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[edit] External Links

• NMQA - Software Testing services, Testing Tools, Training and Outsourcing, Home

[edit] References

1. ↑ Duelmaster 1 (Armada Publishing, 1986)