Andrew Smith (author)
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Andrew Smith (born 10 February 1961)[1] is an American-born British journalist and nonfiction writer. He lives in New York.[when?]
Career
Smith is the author of Totally Wired: on the Trail of the Great Dotcom Swindle, which tells the story of Josh Harris's role in the birth of the World Wide Web and subsequent dotcom bubble in New York at the end of the 1990s.[2][3][4]
Smith also wrote Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth, in which he travels across America in search of the nine surviving U.S. astronauts who walked on the Moon between 1969 and 1972.[5]
His next book Adventures in Coderland, is currently "in the works".[6]
Smith has made two documentaries for BBC Four. The first, Being Neil Armstrong, is a trip across America to explore the personal history of the first person on the Moon.[7] The second, To Kill a Mockingbird at 50, about how Monroeville, Alabama has changed since it was used by Harper Lee as the setting for her 1960 novel.[8]
References
- ^ "Smith, Andrew, 1961–". Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
- ^ Smith, Andrew (2012). Totally Wired: on the Trail of the Great Dotcom Swindle. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-84737-449-3.
- ^ Kampfner, John (30 August 2012). "Review: Totally Wired by Andrew Smith". The Guardian.
- ^ Kane, Pat (22 September 2012). "Review: Totally Wired by Andrew Smith". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022.
- ^ Smith, Andrew (2005). Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-715542-2.
- ^ "Adventures in Coderland" Retrieved 27 June 2022
- ^ Being Neil Armstrong www.bbc.co.uk Retrieved 13 July 2010
- ^ "To Kill a Mockingbird at 50, a fool's errand haunted by Harper Lee" Metro 7 July 2010 Retrieved 8 July 2010
External links
- Andrew Smith at Library of Congress, with 6 library catalogue records
- Review by the National Book Review. Retrieved on 2006-08-24.
- Business Week review. Retrieved on 2006-08-24.
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