Jane Smiley

Jane Smiley is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer.
* She was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1949.
* She received her BA and MA from Vassar College and her PhD from the University of Iowa.
* She has published 19 novels, including A Thousand Acres, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992.
* She has also written essays, short stories, and a play.
* She has taught at the University of Iowa, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Riverside.
* She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
* She lives in California with her husband and two children.

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