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Jane Smiley


(Jane Graves Smiley)
USA flag (b.1949)

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)

     aka Nobody's Horse

   2. A Good Horse (2010)

     aka Secret Horse

   3. True Blue (2011)

     aka Mystery Horse

   4. Pie in the Sky (2012)

     aka Champion Horse

   5. Gee Whiz (2013)

     aka Star Horse

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Last Hundred Years: A Family Saga
   1. Some Luck (2014)
   2. Early Warning (2015)
   3. Golden Age (2015)
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Ellen and Ned
   1. Riding Lessons (2018)
   2. Saddles & Secrets (2019)
   3. Taking the Reins (2020)
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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)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Lily (2016)
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Anthologies edited
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Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Books containing stories by Jane Smiley
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Every Father's Daughter (2015)
Twenty-four Women Writers Remember Their Fathers
edited by
Margaret McMullan
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Dedicated to the People of Darfur (2009)
Writings on Fear, Risk, and Hope
edited by
Jennifer Reynolds and Luke Reynolds
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Bloodlines (2006)
A Horse Racing Anthology
edited by
Maggie Estep and Jason Starr

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Awards
2023 Robert Kirsch Award
1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction : A Thousand Acres
1991 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction : A Thousand Acres

Award nominations
2001 Women's Prize For Fiction (nominee) : Horse Heaven
1995 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (nominee) : Moo
1992 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (nominee) : A Thousand Acres
1990 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (nominee) : Ordinary Love and Good Will: Two Novellas
1989 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (nominee) : Ordinary Love and Good Will: Two Novellas
1987 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (nominee) : The Age of Grief


Jane Smiley recommends
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Sea Lovers (2015)
Valerie Martin
"She always produces something unexpected and revelatory."
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Lord of Misrule (2010)
Jaimy Gordon
"Such a beautifully written novel... remarkable."
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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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