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Zadie Smith


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Zadie Smith was born in north-west London in 1975. She is the author of the novels White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW and Swing Time, as well as The Embassy of Cambodia and the essay collection, Changing My Mind. She is also the editor of The Book of Other People, is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has twice been listed as one of Granta's 20 Best Young British Novelists. She has won the Orange Prize for Fiction, the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award among many others, and been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.
 

Genres: Literary Fiction, Historical, Children's Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
September 2024

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Weirdo Goes Wild
 
Novels
   White Teeth (1999)
   The Autograph Man (2002)
   On Beauty (2005)
   NW (2012)
   Swing Time (2016)
   The Fraud (2023)
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Collections
   Martha and Hanwell (2005)
   Grand Union (2019)
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Anthologies edited
   Piece of Flesh (1999)
   The Burned Children of America (2003) (with Marco Cassini and Martina Testa)
   The Book of Other People (2007)
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Plays show
 
Picture Books show
 
Non fiction show
 
Zadie Smith recommends
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After the Funeral (2023)
Tessa Hadley
"I find Tessa Hadley's work genuinely helpful, especially when it comes to the big subjects: love and marriage, the political versus the personal, children, friendship. And then there are the sentences themselves, so precise and beautiful, often sly, sometimes devastating, always expertly paced. Few writers give me such consistent pleasure."
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Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul? (2021)
Jesse McCarthy
"This is a very smart and soulful book. Jesse McCarthy is a terrific essayist."
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Fake Accounts (2021)
Lauren Oyler
"This novel made me want to retire from contemporary reality. I loved it."

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Anthologies containing stories by Zadie Smith
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Tales of Two Cities (2015)
The Best and Worst of Times in Today's New York
edited by
John Freeman
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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2014 (2014)
(Best American Nonrequired Reading)
edited by
Daniel Handler
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Best European Fiction 2010 (2009)
(Best European Fiction)
edited by
Aleksandar Hemon

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Awards
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2000) : White Teeth
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction Best Book winner (2000) : White Teeth
Whitbread Prize Best First Novel winner (2000) : White Teeth
Women's Prize For Fiction Best Novel nominee (2000) : White Teeth
Betty Trask Award Best First Novel winner (2001) : White Teeth
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2003) : The Autograph Man
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing Best Novel nominee (2003) : The Autograph Man
Women's Prize For Fiction Best Novel nominee (2003) : The Autograph Man
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2005) : On Beauty
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book winner (2006) : On Beauty
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing Best Novel nominee (2006) : On Beauty
Women's Prize For Fiction Best Novel winner (2006) : On Beauty
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2013) : NW
Women's Prize For Fiction Best Novel nominee (2013) : NW
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2017) : Swing Time


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