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Red square martin cruz smith review5/26/2023 ![]() Putnam liked Smith's novel idea and gave him an advance of $15,000 on the book. Inspired by a Newsweek article that described the process of Soviet scientists trying to reconstruct faces from otherwise unidentifiable human remains, Smith pitched a mystery following the collaboration of an American and a Soviet detective to solve a strange murder. Putnam with an idea for a new type of mystery story. At the end of the year, Smith was fired from his job at For Men Only. ![]() On June 15, 1968, Smith married Emily Arnold, a chef. He often published his own material in the magazine under different pseudonyms, and was eventually promoted to editor. In 1966, Smith moved to New York City and worked as an editor for a men's magazine entitled For Men Only. He decided to quit and look for something more exciting. In 1965, he worked as a sports journalist for the Associated Press in Pennsylvania, but found himself falling asleep during the meetings. ![]() He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in creative writing in 1964. His father, John Calhoun, was a jazz musician and his mother, Louise Smith, was a jazz singer and Pueblo Indian rights leader. Martin Cruz Smith was born Martin William Smith on Novemin Reading, Pennsylvania. ![]()
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