Jane Smiley turned fifty just in time for the new millennium. She lives in California with her three children, three dogs, and her sixteen (and counting) horses. Born in Los Angeles, California, Jane moved to the suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri, as an infant, and lived there through grammar school and high school (The John Burroughs School). After getting her BA at Vassar College in 1971, she traveled in Europe for a year, working on an archeological dig and sight-seeing, then returned to Iowa for graduate school at the University of Iowa.
Awards: LA Times (2023), Pulitzer (1992), NBCC (1991) see all
Genres: Young Adult Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Historical Mystery, Science Fiction
Series
Horses of Oak Valley Ranch
1. The Georges and the Jewels (2009)
2. A Good Horse (2010)
3. True Blue (2011)
4. Pie in the Sky (2012)
5. Gee Whiz (2013)
1. The Georges and the Jewels (2009)
2. A Good Horse (2010)
3. True Blue (2011)
4. Pie in the Sky (2012)
5. Gee Whiz (2013)
Novels
Barn Blind (1980)
Duplicate Keys (1984)
The Greenlanders (1988)
A Thousand Acres (1991)
At Paradise Gate (1993)
Moo (1995)
The All-true Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton (1998)
Horse Heaven (2000)
Good Faith (2003)
Ten Days in the Hills (2007)
Ordinary Love (2008)
Private Life (2010)
Twenty Yawns (2016)
Perestroika in Paris (2020)
aka The Strays of Paris
A Dangerous Business (2022)
Lucky (2024)
Duplicate Keys (1984)
The Greenlanders (1988)
A Thousand Acres (1991)
At Paradise Gate (1993)
Moo (1995)
The All-true Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton (1998)
Horse Heaven (2000)
Good Faith (2003)
Ten Days in the Hills (2007)
Ordinary Love (2008)
Private Life (2010)
Twenty Yawns (2016)
Perestroika in Paris (2020)
aka The Strays of Paris
A Dangerous Business (2022)
Lucky (2024)
Collections
Novellas and Short Stories
Anthologies edited
Series contributed to
Non fiction show
Omnibus editions show
Books containing stories by Jane Smiley
Every Father's Daughter (2015)
Twenty-four Women Writers Remember Their Fathers
edited by
Margaret McMullan
Dedicated to the People of Darfur (2009)
Writings on Fear, Risk, and Hope
edited by
Jennifer Reynolds and Luke Reynolds
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Jane Smiley recommends
Cold Earth (2009)
Sarah Moss
"Moss is such a master at evoking suspense... that readers will be tempted to turn to the end of the book to relieve anxieties. Try to control yourself!"
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