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Ali Smith


Scotland (b.1962)

Ali Smith was born in Inverness in 1962 and lives in Cambridge. Smith writes for The Guardian, The Scotsman and the TLS.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Children's Fiction, Fantasy
 
New and upcoming books
October 2024

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Gliff
 
Series
Seasonal Quartet
   1. Autumn (2016)
   2. Winter (2017)
   3. Spring (2019)
   4. Summer (2020)
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Novels
   Like (1997)
   Hotel World (2001)
   The Accidental (2005)
   There but for the (2011)
   How to be both (2014)
   Companion Piece (2022)
   Gliff (2024)
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Collections
   Free Love and Other Stories (1998)
   Other Stories and Other Stories (1999)
   The Whole Story and Other Stories (2003)
   The Brighton Book (2005) (with others)
   Writ (2006)
   The First Person (2008)
   Ox-Tales: Fire (2009) (with others)
   Road Stories (2012) (with others)
   Six Shorts (2013) (with others)
   Shire (2013)
   Public Library and Other Stories (2015)
   Scottish Stories: Everyman Pocket Classics (2023) (with others)
   Furies (2023) (with others)
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Anthologies edited
   Brilliant Careers (2000) (with Kasia Boddy and Sarah Wood)
   Shorts (2000)
   Pretext 5: Fiction; Criticism; Poetry: Blow Up Your TV (2002) (with Julia Bell)
   Mays 2003 (2003)
   New Writing: No. 13 (2005) (with Toby Litt)
   The Reader (2006)
   The Book Lover (2008)
   Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (2009) (with Kasia Boddy and Sarah Wood)
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Series contributed to
Myths
   7. Girl Meets Boy (2007)
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Elsewhere
   1. Here (2012) (with others)
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Plays show
 
Non fiction show
 
Ali Smith recommends
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Parasol Against the Axe (2024)
Helen Oyeyemi
"A writer of sentences so elegant that they gleam."
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Best of Friends (2022)
Kamila Shamsie
"A shining tour de force."
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News of the Dead (2021)
James Robertson
"A marvellous novelist."

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Anthologies containing stories by Ali Smith
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A Cage Went in Search of a Bird (2024)
Ten Kafkaesque Stories
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First Light (2022)
A Celebration of Alan Garner
edited by
Erica Wagner
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Arboreal (2016)
A Collection of Words from the Woods
edited by
Adrian Cooper

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Awards
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2001) : Hotel World
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2001) : Hotel World
Women's Prize For Fiction Best Novel nominee (2001) : Hotel World
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2005) : The Accidental
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2005) : The Accidental
Whitbread Prize Best Novel winner (2005) : The Accidental
Women's Prize For Fiction Best Novel nominee (2006) : The Accidental
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2012) : There but for the
Goldsmiths Prize Best Book nominee (2013) : Artful
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2014) : How to be both
Costa Book Awards Best Novel winner (2014) : How to be both
Goldsmiths Prize Best Book winner (2014) : How to be both
Saltire Literary Awards Best Novel nominee (2014) : How to be both
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book winner (2015) : How to be both
Rathbone Folio Prize Best Book nominee (2015) : How to be both
Women's Prize For Fiction Best Novel winner (2015) : How to be both
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2017) : Autumn


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