Ali Smith on the second in her seasonal quartet, Winter.
Ali Smith Ali Smith was born in Inverness in 1962 and lives in Cambridge.She is the author of Public Library and other stories, How to be both, Artful, There but for the, Free Love, Like, Hotel World, Other stories and other stories, The whole story and other stories, The Accidental, Girl Meets Boy and The first person and other stories.
Ali Smith’s novel Autumn, shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker prize, was the first in a projected “seasonal quartet”. Winter is the second. Like Autumn, it combines comedy with social.
Ali Smith’s Autumn Is a Post-Brexit Masterpiece In a dazzling, abstract new novel, the Scottish author experiments with time, history, and art to respond to a tumultuous moment. Sophie Gilbert.
Ali Smith was born in Inverness in 1962 and lives in Cambridge. She is the author of Artful, There but for the, Free Love, Like, Hotel World, Other Stories and Other Stories, The Whole Story and Other Stories, The Accidental, Girl Meets Boy and The First Person and Other Stories. Hotel World was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Orange.
A Midsummer Evening with Ali Smith. Young Ambassador Amelia Platt reports from Ali Smith’s special event to mark the opening of the National Centre for Writing. Posted on 17th July 2018. Amelia Platt, a student at Litcham School, joined the National Centre for Writing team as a Young Ambassador in 2017. She was a special guest at our event.
Ali Smith CBE Areas of Interest Literature Honorary Award Honorary Doctor of Letters, 2008 Biography. Born in Inverness in 1962, Ali Smith is a most gifted writer of novels and short stories. She is also a popular arts critic writing for The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, The Scotsman and The Times Literary Supplement.
Ali Smith was born August 24, 1962, in Scotland in Inverness. Her parents were working class. She grew up in a local council house. She moved to Cambridge, where she currently resides. She attended Aberdeen for her higher education and then pursued her Ph.D. at Cambridge but didn’t finish it.