![]() ![]() They've rented a modest house, unsure of where they'll live next. He and his wife, Emily, recently sold their Mill Valley home, an estate with eight acres and a writing studio. In 1982, Smith and his family moved to Marin County. "Every time I should've crashed, I somehow landed. "I've always been incredibly lucky," he said in an interview at his San Rafael home. "What interests me is the course of history, the course of life," he said, "and life being made up of all these stories."Īt 62, Smith retains a boyish exuberance about storytelling. His other recent novels were set in places such as Victorian England and Japan - the day before the attack on Pearl Harbor. It is his fifth Arkady Renko novel, a loose-knit series that has chronicled the Soviets for two decades. "My affection for Russians has not faded," he said. Once again, his attention is on a people he knows and loves. ![]()
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