Laurence Dwight Smith (1895-1952)[2] was an American author specializing in crime fiction and cryptography.
Laurence Dwight Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 24, 1895 Detroit, MI |
| Died | September 4, 1952 (aged 57)[1] Albany, NY |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Yale College |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Subject | Cryptography |
| Years active | c. 1935–1952 |
Early life and education
editSmith was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 24, 1895. After completing preparatory school at the Phillips Academy in 1914, he attended Yale College and, after graduating, took a job with the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in New Haven, Connecticut as a machinist.[3][4] He married Kathryn Marsh of New York City in August 1917, and in January 1918 he enlisted in the U.S. Army. Having been promoted to sergent in the Corps of Intelligence Police during World War I, he was discharged after the war in September 1919 at the age of 24.[5][6]
Works
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Fiction
edit- Death is thy neighbour, 1938
- Girl Hunt Red Arrow Books, 1939
- The G-Men Smash the Professor's Gang, Illustrated by Robb Beebe, 1936, Grosset & Dunlap
- The G Men in Jeopardy. Illustrated by Milton Marx. 1938. Grosset & Dunlap.
- The G-Men trap the Spy Ring Illustrated by Paul Laune. 1939. Grosset & Dunlap
- Mystery of the Yellow Tie, 1939
- Hiram and other Cats, Grosset & Dunlap, 1941
- Adirondack Adventure, 1945
- Reunion, Samuel Curl Inc, 1946
Non-fiction
edit- Cryptography - the science of secret writing, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 1943 (US); George Allen and Unwin, London, 1944 (UK)
- Hooked - Narcotics: America's Peril, with Rafael de Soto, 1953
- Cryptography W.W Norton and Co, 1971
- Counterfeiting - crime against the people, 1944
References
edit- ^ (staff) (Obituary article) (September 6, 1952). "Laurence D. Smith, 57, Writer of Mysteries". New York Times.
- ^ Hubin, Allen (January 1, 2004). Crime Fiction IV: A Comprehensive Bibliography, 1749-2000. Battered Silicon Dispatch Box. ISBN 978-1552465011.
- ^ Catalogue of Phillips Academy, One Hundred and Thirty-Seventh Year, March 1915. Andover, Massachusetts: Andover Press. 1915.
- ^ Draft Registration Card, Laurence D. Smith, United States of America, Official Document, June 27, 1917
- ^ Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, FHL microfilm 1642767, New York City Municipal Archives, New York, Official Document, August 23, 1917
- ^ Laurence Dwight Smith, 4 Sep 1919; Military Service Record, NARA microfilm publication 76193916, United States, Veterans Administration Master Index (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration), 1985