Feature interview - Tom Rob Smith

Vogue magazine calls Tom Rob Smith an icon of genius and style. Before the age of 30, his first novel became the first ever thriller to be longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. 'Child 44' is about a serial killer in Stalin's Soviet Union, and a film based on the book starring Gary Oldham comes out this year. Smith has just finished writing a thriller series for the BBC called London Spy. His latest novel is no less dramatic than his previous work, but this time it's based on his own family and the phone call from his father that changed his life