Jane Smiley (born September 26, 1949) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist. Born in Los Angeles, California, Smiley grew up in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, and graduated from John Burroughs School. She obtained a A.B. at Vassar College, then earned a M.F.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. While working towards her doctorate, she also spent a year studying in Iceland as a Fulbright Scholar. Wikipedia
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Jane Smiley, author of Horse Heaven , Moo , and A Thousand Acres , talks to Don Swaim in 1989 about writing a book for ten years, the Iowa Writers' Workshop, teaching writing, and her novel, The Greenlanders. wiredforbooks.org/janesmiley/
