AUTHORS > FERGUS SMITHFergus Smith
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“I think my writing reflects my passions: the role of the soldier in society, the relationship between the state and the individual, identity, and the process of personal change. I would also like to pursue George Orwell’s vision of scoping political writing as an art form.”
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Discover the political war thriller trilogy by Fergus Smith, in the introductory YouTube videos.
Fergus was born in 1969 into a colonial family. He was sent to boarding school in Edinburgh and joined the army as a soldier at the age of eighteen after working in Switzerland, India, Spain, and Israel. Wiser heads advised him to go to University, where he studied philosophy and psychology. He was then commissioned in 1991 and served for a further twelve years.
He is married and lives in Yorkshire with his wife, Joanne, and a patterdale / collie cross called Lucy.