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Gavin G Smith


Scotland

aka Gavin Deas

Gavin Smith was born in Dundee in the same year that Iron Butterfly recorded Inna-Gadda-da-Vida. He has also lived in Camberley, Hayling Island, Portsmouth, Hull, Leamington Spa and is currently living a near feral existence in Leicester (if you see him in the streets he will write science fiction for sweeties). Anyone who has been to any of these places will understand why his fiction is like it is.

He has a degree in writing for film and a Masters in medieval history. Veteran is his first novel but he is patiently waiting for one of the 2.5 scripts that have been optioned to be turned into films.

He likes to travel and dive when he can afford it and in his free time he enjoys getting the s**t kicked out of him whilst practicing Silat. He is hoping that the book does well so he can buy a motorbike.
 


Genres: Science Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
July 2025

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Alien: Cult
 
Series
Veteran
   1. Veteran (2010)
   2. War in Heaven (2011)
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Bastard Legion
   1. The Hangman's Daughter (2017)
   2. Friendly Fire (2017)
   3. War Criminals (2018)
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Spec Ops Z
   1. Spec Ops Z (2021)
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Novels
   Special Purposes (2017)
   Bloodshot (2020)
   Alien: Cult (2025)
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Series contributed to
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Warhammer 40,000
   Inferno! Volume 5 (2020) (with others)
   Inferno! Volume 6 (2021) (with others)
   Inferno! A Warhammer 40,000 Collection (2021) (with others)
   Inferno! Presents: The Emperor's Finest (2022) (with others)
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Books containing stories by Gavin G Smith
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No More Heroes (2021)
edited by
Ian Whates
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Crises and Conflicts (2016)
Celebrating the First 10 Years of NewCon Press
edited by
Ian Whates

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Award nominations
2011 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Veteran


Gavin G Smith recommends
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The Second Bell (2021)
Gabriela Houston
"This is well worth your time!"
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Residuum (2021)
(Long Game, book 3)
Dominic Dulley
"Big screen opera at its most entertaining."
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We Are The Dead (2019)
(Last War Trilogy, book 1)
Mike Shackle
"Hooked from page one, We Are the Dead rattles along with the pace of a runaway bullet train. Original, engaging, flawed but very-human characters draw us into a world rent by war, a world of brutal occupation, tarnished honour and devastating magics. This is a powerful debut and Shackle is an author to watch."

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