Jane Smiley, author portrait
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Jane Smiley

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 LuckEarly 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.
Lidie
Lucky
A Dangerous Business
Perestroika in Paris
Taking the Reins (An Ellen & Ned Book)
Saddles & Secrets (An Ellen & Ned Book)
Riding Lessons (An Ellen & Ned Book)
Golden Age
Lily
Early Warning
Some Luck
Gee Whiz
Pie in the Sky
Charles Dickens
True Blue
Private Life
A Good Horse
The Man Who Invented the Computer
The Georges and the Jewels
Moo
Ten Days in the Hills
Ordinary Love and Good Will
13 Ways of Looking at the Novel
The Greenlanders
A Year at the Races
Duplicate Keys
Good Faith
A Thousand Acres
The Age of Grief
Horse Heaven
The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton

Books

Lidie
Lucky
A Dangerous Business
Perestroika in Paris
Taking the Reins (An Ellen & Ned Book)
Saddles & Secrets (An Ellen & Ned Book)
Riding Lessons (An Ellen & Ned Book)
Golden Age
Lily
Early Warning
Some Luck
Gee Whiz
Pie in the Sky
Charles Dickens
True Blue
Private Life
A Good Horse
The Man Who Invented the Computer
The Georges and the Jewels
Moo
Ten Days in the Hills
Ordinary Love and Good Will
13 Ways of Looking at the Novel
The Greenlanders
A Year at the Races
Duplicate Keys
Good Faith
A Thousand Acres
The Age of Grief
Horse Heaven
The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton

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