Zadie Smith is the author of the novels White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW, Swing Time and The Fraud; as well as a novella, The Embassy of Cambodia; four collections of essays, Changing My Mind, Feel Free, Intimations and Dead and Alive; a collection of short stories, Grand Union; and the play, The Wife of Willesden, adapted from Chaucer. She is also the editor of The Book of Other People. Zadie Smith was born in north-west London, where she still lives.

Funny, clever ... and a rollicking good read—IndependentDo believe the hype, buy into it, curl up with it, savour every sentence, then turn around and re-read—The TimesAn impressive début, not only for its vitality and verve, but mainly for the sheer audacity of its scope and vision ... an epic tale ... swooping, funny ... it has ambition, wit and is unafraid—Meera Syal, ExpressAnnounces the debut of a preternaturally gifted new writer ... street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time—The New York TimesRelentlessly funny ... idiosyncratic, and deeply felt—GuardianAn astonishingly assured début, funny and serious ... I was delighted—Salman RushdieShe is . . . a George Eliot of multi-culturalism—Daily Telegraph[Zadie Smith] is one of the prominent voices of her generation—Sunday TimesBritain's finest young author—The List[Zadie Smith] packs more intelligence, humour and sheer energy into any given scene than anyone else of her generation—Sunday Telegraph

Zadie Smith is the author of the novels White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW, Swing Time and The Fraud; as well as a novella, The Embassy of Cambodia; four collections of essays, Changing My Mind, Feel Free, Intimations and Dead and Alive; a collection of short stories, Grand Union; and the play, The Wife of Willesden, adapted from Chaucer. She is also the editor of The Book of Other People. Zadie Smith was born in north-west London, where she still lives.

Funny, clever ... and a rollicking good read—IndependentDo believe the hype, buy into it, curl up with it, savour every sentence, then turn around and re-read—The TimesAn impressive début, not only for its vitality and verve, but mainly for the sheer audacity of its scope and vision ... an epic tale ... swooping, funny ... it has ambition, wit and is unafraid—Meera Syal, ExpressAnnounces the debut of a preternaturally gifted new writer ... street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time—The New York TimesRelentlessly funny ... idiosyncratic, and deeply felt—GuardianAn astonishingly assured début, funny and serious ... I was delighted—Salman RushdieShe is . . . a George Eliot of multi-culturalism—Daily Telegraph[Zadie Smith] is one of the prominent voices of her generation—Sunday TimesBritain's finest young author—The List[Zadie Smith] packs more intelligence, humour and sheer energy into any given scene than anyone else of her generation—Sunday Telegraph

Zadie Smith is the author of the novels White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW, Swing Time and The Fraud; as well as a novella, The Embassy of Cambodia; four collections of essays, Changing My Mind, Feel Free, Intimations and Dead and Alive; a collection of short stories, Grand Union; and the play, The Wife of Willesden, adapted from Chaucer. She is also the editor of The Book of Other People. Zadie Smith was born in north-west London, where she still lives.

Funny, clever ... and a rollicking good read—IndependentDo believe the hype, buy into it, curl up with it, savour every sentence, then turn around and re-read—The TimesAn impressive début, not only for its vitality and verve, but mainly for the sheer audacity of its scope and vision ... an epic tale ... swooping, funny ... it has ambition, wit and is unafraid—Meera Syal, ExpressAnnounces the debut of a preternaturally gifted new writer ... street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time—The New York TimesRelentlessly funny ... idiosyncratic, and deeply felt—GuardianAn astonishingly assured début, funny and serious ... I was delighted—Salman RushdieShe is . . . a George Eliot of multi-culturalism—Daily Telegraph[Zadie Smith] is one of the prominent voices of her generation—Sunday TimesBritain's finest young author—The List[Zadie Smith] packs more intelligence, humour and sheer energy into any given scene than anyone else of her generation—Sunday Telegraph