• Zadie Smith was born Sadie Smith in North London in 1975, the daughter of a working-class English father and Jamaican mother.
  • And so, to understand the life and work of Zadie Smith, one must also understand Lower Manhattan, where the celebrated writer now lives and works.
  • That’s what Aristotle thought — that fictional narrative was a place to imagine what you would do in this, that, or the other situation. – Zadie Smith.
  • Zadie Smith explains how NW is about “layers of English life” and how she is very interested in the local – understanding local things and her own generation.
  • Zadie Smith, the novelist, short story writer and essayist from North-West London has had a début in the writing world that most can only dream of.
  • Now, novelist and essayist Zadie Smith is bringing the anxiety of quarantine firmly into the literary fold with Intimations , a series of six essays detailing the daily...
  • Early on, Zadie Smith became something of a reluctant poster child for multicultural Britain. Her new, historical novel excavates her country’s history.
  • Zadie Smith’s most recent book is Feel Free (2018). She teaches creative writing at New York University.
  • The multi-award winning, best-selling novelist Zadie Smith has said she is "nervous" ahead of the world premiere of her first play.