Pam Smith
Pam started out as a primary school teacher before moving on to work for Polygon, where she promoted Ian Rankin's first novel - The Flood. For many years she worked with Mainstream selling their books in London, all the time desperately trying to keep "The Boys" in check before finally being the entire No Exit publicity and marketing machine and dealing with authors such as Sparkle Hayter and Eddie Bunker, who became firm friends and also did what they were told! At the same time Pam was also building up a fledgling Literary Agency with crime authors such as Jerry Raine. Pam was a lover of books but also films and many forms of music and could sing very well. More recently she had developed her long term interest in complementary medicine and alternative healthcare into another career in Holistic massage and Reiki healing. Pam had a great sense of humour, she was a tremendous and persistent rep, a great PR and a wonderfully loyal, long term friend to many in and outside the booktrade. In the words of Ian Rankin - "Pam was one of life's true originals, sparky, vivacious and memorable." She is survived by her father and will be greatly missed.
Pam Smith - Born Valentine's Day 1955, Died Easter Monday 2000 Please sign Pam's on-line memorial book |
Pam Smith has died after a long struggle with cancer at the cruelly early
age of 45.