Authors: Jane Smiley
A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR
J
ANE
S
MILEY
is the author of numerous novels, including
A Thousand Acres
, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and most recently,
Some Luck
, the first volume of the
Last Hundred Years
trilogy and long-listed for the National Book Award. She is also the author of five works of nonfiction and a series of books for young adults. In 2001 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2006 she received the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. She lives in Northern California.