Wilbur Smith

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author bestselling author human novelist

Wilbur Smith was a bestselling South African-born novelist renowned for his adventure and historical fiction set largely in Africa.

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bestselling author →
human →
novelist →
countryOfCitizenship South Africa →
dateOfBirth 1933-01-09 →
dateOfDeath 2021-11-13 →
educatedAt Michaelhouse →
familyName Smith →
genre adventure fiction →
historical fiction →
thriller →
givenName Wilbur →
hasChild Christian Smith →
Dietlinde Rehbock →
Lawrence Smith →
Shaun Smith →
languageOfWorkOrName English →
literaryPeriod 20th century →
21st century →
notableAchievement sold over 140 million copies of his books worldwide →
notableSeries Ancient Egypt series →
Ballantyne series →
Courtney series →
Hector Cross series →
notableWork A Sparrow Falls →
Birds of Prey →
Blue Horizon →
Eagle in the Sky →
Gold Mine →
Monsoon →
Rage →
River God →
Shout at the Devil →
The Dark of the Sun →
The Diamond Hunters →
The Eye of the Tiger →
The Seventh Scroll →
The Sound of Thunder →
Warlock →
When the Lion Feeds →
occupation novelist →
screenwriter →
placeOfBirth Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia →
Kabwe, Zambia →
placeOfDeath Cape Town, South Africa →
residence South Africa →
United Kingdom →
sexOrGender male →
spouse Anne Rennie →
Danielle Thomas NERFINISHED →
Mokhiniso Rakhimova →
writingFocus Africa →
African history →
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Golden Pan Award →
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