Andrew Smith (born 10 February 1961) is an American-born British journalist and nonfiction writer. He lives in New York.

Career

Smith is the author of ''Totally Wired: on the Trail of the Great Dotcom Swindle'', which tells the story of Josh Harris's role in the birth of the

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and subsequent dotcom bubble in New York at the end of the 1990s. Smith also wrote ''Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth'', in which he travels across America in search of the nine surviving

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astronauts who walked on the

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between 1969 and 1972. His next book ''Adventures in Coderland'', is currently "in the works". Smith has made two documentaries for BBC Four. The first, ''Being Neil Armstrong'', is a trip across America to explore the personal history of the first person on the moon. The second, ''To Kill a Mockingbird at 50'', about how

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has changed since it was used by Harper Lee as the setting for her novel."To Kill a Mockingbird at 50, a fool's errand haunted by Harper Lee" Metro 7 July 2010
Retrieved 8 July 2010

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