Ali Smith
Ali Smith (born 1962 in Inverness) is a British writer,
She was born to working-class parents,[1] raised in a council house in Inverness and now lives in Cambridge.[2][3] She studied at the University of Aberdeen, and then at Cambridge, for a PhD. that was never finished.[1] She worked as a lecturer at University of Strathclyde until she fell ill with chronic fatigue syndrome. Following this she became a full-time writer[4] and now writes for The Guardian, The Scotsman, and the Times Literary Supplement.[5] Openly gay, she lives in Cambridge with her partner Sarah Wood.[1]
In 2007 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature [6]
In 2009, she donated the short story Last (previously published in the Manchester Review Online) to Oxfam's 'Ox-Tales' project, four collections of UK stories written by 38 authors. Her story was published in the 'Fire' collection.[7]
Short story collections
- Free Love and Other Stories (1995), awarded the Saltire First Book of the Year award.[4]
- Other Stories and Other Stories (1999)[2]
- The Whole Story and Other Stories (2003)[2]
- The First Person and Other Stories (2008)[8]
Novels
- Like (1997)[2]
- Hotel World (2001), awarded the Encore Award, a Scottish Arts Council Book Award and the inaugural Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year Award. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Man Booker Prize for Fiction.[2] The novel was adapted to the stage by Kidbrooke secondary school and was performed at the Greenwich Theatre and the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[9][10]
- The Accidental (2005), shortlisted for the 2005 Man Booker Prize, the Orange Prize for Fiction, and won the 2005 Whitbread Novel of the Year award.[2]
- Girl Meets Boy (2007), winner of Diva magazine readers’ choice Book of the Year[11], Sundial Scottish Arts Council Novel of the Year.[12]
- There Not For The (2011), Forthcoming
Plays
- The Seer (2006)[13]
- Just
Other projects
Ali Smith partnered with the Scottish band Trashcan Sinatras and wrote the lyrics to a song called "Half An Apple", a love song about keeping half an apple spare for a loved one who is gone. The song was released on March 5, 2007, on the album Ballads of the Book.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Winters, Jeanette (25 April 2003). "Ali Smith". The Times. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
- ^ a b c d e f "Ali Smith". Contemporary Writers in the UK. The British Council. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ a b Matthews, Elizabeth (30 March 2007). "Novel approach struck a chord with Inverness writer". The Inverness Courier. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ a b "Ali Smith". guardian.co.uk. Guardian News and Media Limited. 22 July 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ http://www.theshortreview.com/reviews/AliSmithFirstPersonAndOtherStories.htm
- ^ "Royal Society of Literature All Fellows". Retrieved 10 August 2010.
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- ^ Guest, Katy (3 October 2008). "The First Person and Other Stories, By Ali Smith". The Independent. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
- ^ Buksh, Ayshea (30 March 2007). "School actors take centre stage". BBC London. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
- ^ Dawson Scott, Robert and Maxwell, Dominic (30 July 2007). "The 20 must-see acts at the Edinburgh Fringe". London: The Times. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
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- ^ "Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year". Scotish Arts Council. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ http://www.hi-arts.co.uk/Default.aspx.locID-hianewlq8.htm
External links
- 1962 births
- People from Inverness
- Living people
- People with chronic fatigue syndrome
- Scottish novelists
- Scottish short story writers
- Alumni of the University of Aberdeen
- Academics of the University of Strathclyde
- Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge
- Lesbian writers
- Scottish women writers
- Women short story writers
- Women novelists
- LGBT writers from Scotland
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature