Jane Smiley Pulitzer Prize-winning author of fiction and nonfiction; political activist

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Author Biography

Jane Smiley was born in Los Angeles, California, moved to the suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri as an infant, and lived there through grammar school and high school (The John Burroughs School).
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Influences

The Bobbsy Twins, Nancy Drew, Agatha Christie

Sherlock Holmes, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen

Ole Rolvaag

Web Links

Random House Homepage

Connections

Fans of Jane

Balthazar Rodrigue Nzomono-Balenda

Stacy Alexander

Michael Pokocky

Jane Smiley's Blog

A Place on the Track
December 7, 2007
- I love to hang out in the betting halls or walk between the paddock and the railing. I love to look at the jockeys, at the trainers; I love the feeling of the grandstand looming over everybody, and the pastoral quality. –Me, quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, talking about Horse Heaven
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Media

Shakespeare: From Page to Stage with Jane Smiley	Authors@Google Series: Jane Smiley	Jane Smiley at Litquake 2007
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Published Works


Ten Days in the Hills	Best New American Voices 2006 (Edited)	Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel
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Published Reviews

King Lear in Zebulon County by The New York Times
A Horse Is a Horse by The New York Times