Zadie Smith is a British novelist. To date she has written three novels, including White Teeth and On Beauty. In 2003, she was included on Granta's list of 20 best young authors. She joined New York University's Creative Writing Program as a tenured professor on September 1, 2010.
"She wore her sexuality with an older woman's ease, and not like an awkward purse, never knowing how to hold it, where to hang it, or when to just put it down."
— Zadie Smith
ARTICLES FEATURING ZADIE
Reading and Writing Again: On Zadie Smith’s “Intimations”
Scott Korb reads Zadie Smith's newest essay collection, "Intimations."...
Free to What?: Reading Zadie Smith at a Best Western in Texas
While traveling in Texas, Aisha Sabatini Sloan takes in the culture and Zadie Smith’s “Feel Free.”...
Zadie Smith’s Rhythmic Play in Shadow and Light
Walton Muyumba on Zadie Smith's latest novel....
The Embassy of Gossip: Zadie Smith’s First-Person Plural
First-person plural is the least used fictional POV, but it is necessary for political action — and both are steeped in gossip....
