Zadie | Smith

In Conversation with Zadie Smith - Brick | A literary journal

Smith’s bibliography spans historical fiction, campus novels, and experimental narratives: Zadie Smith

: A campus novel set in New England, inspired by E. M. Forster’s Howards End , which won the Orange Prize for Fiction . In Conversation with Zadie Smith - Brick |

: A story focusing on the friendship between two mixed-race girls with a shared passion for dance. Zadie Smith

: Born Sadie Smith, she changed her name to Zadie at age 14. She originally aspired to a career in musical theater and tap dancing before turning to literature. She studied English at King’s College, Cambridge , where she wrote the first draft of her debut novel.