Jane Smiley
Jane Smiley is an American author whose A Thousand Acres, a retelling of King Lear set on an Iowa farm, won the Pulitzer Prize. Her range across genres including historical fiction, literary fiction, and the picaresque demonstrates an unusually versatile literary intelligence.
Works
- A Thousand AcresA farmer's daughters face betrayal and tragedy as hidden family secrets destroy their world
- The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie NewtonA frontier woman's adventures challenge gender expectations during westward expansion struggles
- MooAcademic life at a Midwestern university becomes darkly comedic and absurdly complicated
- Horse HeavenThoroughbred racing world's interconnected owners and jockeys navigate passion and deception
- Private LifeA biographer and a novelist's marriage unravels as secrets and distance drive them apart
- Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel