Editing Michael Marshall Smith (section)

==Biography==
Born in [[Knutsford]], [[Cheshire]], Smith moved with his family at an early age to first [[Illinois]] and then [[Florida]]. When he was seven, the family moved again, this time to South Africa, and then to Australia before eventually returning home to England in 1973.<ref name="dark echo">{{Cite web |url=http://www.darkecho.com/darkecho/archives/smith.html |title=DarkEcho Interview: Michael Marshall Smith |access-date=28 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003064151/http://www.darkecho.com/darkecho/archives/smith.html |archive-date=3 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He was educated in [[Chigwell]] and at [[King's College, Cambridge]], where he studied Philosophy, Social and [[Political Science]], and became involved with the [[Footlights|Cambridge Footlights]].<ref name="dark echo"/> Under the pseudonym of Michael Rutger, he became a comedy writer and performer on the [[BBC Radio 4]] series ''[[And Now in Colour]]'', which ran for two series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c8yfy/episodes/guide|title = BBC Radio 4 Extra – and Now in Colour – Episode guide}}</ref> Between 2002 and 2004, he also co-wrote material for two series of surreal comedy ''[[Dare to Believe]]''.