Gavin Smith (author)

Gavin Grant Smith is a Scottish science fiction writer who was born in Dundee, Scotland in 1973.^[1] He is the author of the Veteran series. He has a degree in writing for film and a Masters in medieval history.

Gavin G. Smith
Occupation	Novelist
Genre	Science Fiction
Website
gavingsmith.com

Works

Standalone works

1. Crysis: Escalation (February 2013)^[2] Crysis 3 video-game tie-in
2. Special Purposes: First Strike Weapon (April 2017)^[2] re-issued as Spec Ops Z (February 2021)^[2]
3. Bloodshot (February 2020)^[2] novelisation of Bloodshot (film)
4. Original Sin (October 2022)^[2] novelisation of Marvel's Original Sin (comics)

Veteran series

1. Veteran (June 2010)^[3] nominated for 2011 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel^[4]
2. War in Heaven (September 2011)^[2]
3. The Veteran Omnibus (February 2018)^[2] collection of Veteran, War in Heaven and five short stories

Bastard Legion series

1. The Bastard Legion (January 2017)^[2] (originally The Hangman's Daughter)
2. The Bastard Legion: Friendly Fire (October 2017)^[2]
3. The Bastard Legion: War Criminals (July 2018)^[2]

Age of Scorpio trilogy

1. The Age of Scorpio (November 2012)^[5]
2. A Quantum Mythology (March 2015)^[2]
3. The Beauty of Destruction (January 2016)^[2]

Collaborative works

These were all co-written with Stephen Deas under the combined name "Gavin Deas".

1. Elite: Wanted (May 2014)^[2] Elite Dangerous video-game tie-in
2. Empires: Extraction (November 2014)^[2]
3. Empires: Infiltration (November 2014)^[2]
4. Empires: The First Battle (November 2014)^[2] omnibus of Empires: Extraction and Empires: Infiltration