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Jane Smiley

Born January 1, 1949

Jane Smiley is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and the Last Hundred Years Trilogy: Some Luck, Early Warning, and Golden Age. She is the author as well of several works of nonfiction and books for young adults. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has also received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. She lives in Northern California.

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Books38

Lidie: The Further Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton

Lidie: The Further Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton

2026
Lucky

Lucky

2024
The Questions That Matter Most: Reading, Writing, and the Exercise of Freedom

The Questions That Matter Most: Reading, Writing, and the Exercise of Freedom

2024
A Dangerous Business

A Dangerous Business

2022
The Strays of Paris

The Strays of Paris

2021
La mejor voluntad

La mejor voluntad

2021
Un amor cualquiera

Un amor cualquiera

2020
Perestroika in Paris

Perestroika in Paris

2020
March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women

March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women

2019

with Carmen Maria Machado, Kate Bolick and Jenny Zhang

Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times

Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times

2017

with Junot Diaz, Karen Joy Fowler, Jewelle L. Gomez, Celeste Ng and Lisa See

Twenty Yawns

Twenty Yawns

2016
Early Warning

Early Warning

2015
Golden Age

Golden Age

2015
Better than Fiction 2 by Lonely Planet

Better than Fiction 2 by Lonely Planet

2015

with Dave Eggers and D.B.C. Pierre

Some Luck

Some Luck

2014
Gee Whiz

Gee Whiz

2013
Pie in the Sky: Book Four of the Horses of Oak Valley Ranch

Pie in the Sky: Book Four of the Horses of Oak Valley Ranch

2012
True Blue

True Blue

2011
A Good Horse

A Good Horse

2010
The Man Who Invented the Computer: The Biography of John Atanasoff, Digital Pioneer

The Man Who Invented the Computer: The Biography of John Atanasoff, Digital Pioneer

2010
Private Life

Private Life

2010
The Georges and the Jewels: Book One of the Horses of Oak Valley Ranch

The Georges and the Jewels: Book One of the Horses of Oak Valley Ranch

2009
Ten Days in the Hills

Ten Days in the Hills

2007
Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel

Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel

2005
A Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck

A Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck

2004
Moral Soundings: Readings on the Crisis of Values in Contemporary Life

Moral Soundings: Readings on the Crisis of Values in Contemporary Life

2004

with Richard Rorty, Cornel West, Jean Bethke Elshtain and Dwight Furrow

Good Faith

Good Faith

2003
Writers on Writing, Volume II: More Collected Essays from The New York Times

Writers on Writing, Volume II: More Collected Essays from The New York Times

2003

with The New York Times

Charles Dickens: A Life

Charles Dickens: A Life

2002
The Good Parts: The Best Erotic Writing in Modern Fiction

The Good Parts: The Best Erotic Writing in Modern Fiction

2000

with Kathy Acker, Saul Bellow, A.M. Homes, William Styron and Susan Sontag

Horse Heaven

Horse Heaven

1999
The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton

The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton

1998
Moo

Moo

1995
A Thousand Acres

A Thousand Acres

1991
Ordinary Love and Good Will: Two Novellas

Ordinary Love and Good Will: Two Novellas

1989
The Greenlanders

The Greenlanders

1988
The Age of Grief

The Age of Grief

1987
Duplicate Keys

Duplicate Keys

1984

Collections1

The Sagas of Icelanders

The Sagas of Icelanders

1997