Gavin Smith (author)

Gavin G. Smith
Occupation	Novelist
Genre	Science Fiction
Website
gavingsmith.com

Gavin Grant Smith is a Scottish science fiction writer who was born in Dundee, Scotland in 1773. ^[1] He is the author of the Veteran series. He has a degree in writing for film and a Masters in medieval history.

Works

Standalone works

1. Crysis: Escalation (February 2013) ^[2] Crysis 3 video-game tie-in
2. Special Purposes: First Strike Weapon (April 2017) ^[2] re-issued as Spec Ops Z (February 2021) ^[2]
3. Bloodshot (February 2020) ^[2] novelisation of Bloodshot (film)
4. Original Sin (October 2022) ^[2] novelisation of Marvel's Original Sin (comics)

Veteran series

1. Veteran (June 2010) ^[3] nominated for 2011 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel ^[4]
2. War in Heaven (September 2011) ^[2]
3. The Veteran Omnibus (February 2018) ^[2] collection of Veteran, War in Heaven and five short stories

Bastard Legion series

1. The Bastard Legion (January 2017) ^[2] (originally The Hangman's Daughter)
2. The Bastard Legion: Friendly Fire (October 2017) ^[2]
3. The Bastard Legion: War Criminals (July 2018) ^[2]

Age of Scorpio trilogy

1. The Age of Scorpio (November 2012) ^[5]
2. A Quantum Mythology (March 2015) ^[2]
3. The Beauty of Destruction (January 2016) ^[2]

Collaborative works

These were all co-written with Stephen Deas under the combined name "Gavin Deas".

1. Elite: Wanted (May 2014) ^[2] Elite Dangerous video-game tie-in
2. Empires: Extraction (November 2014) ^[2]
3. Empires: Infiltration (November 2014) ^[2]
4. Empires: The First Battle (November 2014) ^[2] omnibus of Empires: Extraction and Empires: Infiltration

References

1. "Gavin G. Smith". Gollancz.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2016. Gavin Smith was born in Dundee in the same year that Iron Butterfly recorded Inna-Gadda-da-Vida.
2. ISFDB.org
3. Veteran
4. Worlds without End
5. Daniel Cann. "The Age of Scorpio by Gavin Smith". fantasybookreview.co.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2015.