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Ali Smith


Born
in Inverness, Scotland
August 24, 1962

Genre
Literature & Fiction

Influences
Helena Mennie Shire, Muriel Spark, William Shakespeare ...more


Ali Smith is a writer, born in Inverness, Scotland, to working-class parents. She was raised in a council house in Inverness and now lives in Cambridge. She studied at Aberdeen, and then at Cambridge, for a Ph.D. that was never finished. In a 2004 interview with writing magazine Mslexia, she talked briefly about the difficulty of becoming ill with chronic fatigue syndrome for a year and how it forced her to give up her job as a lecturer at University of Strathclyde to focus on what she really wanted to do: writing. She has been with her partner Sarah Wood for 17 years and dedicates all her books to her.

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.74 · 279,866 ratings · 36,673 reviews · 154 distinct works • Similar authors
Autumn (Seasonal Quartet, #1)
3.65 avg rating — 83,680 ratings — published 2016 — 25 editions
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How to be Both
3.66 avg rating — 28,432 ratings — published 2014 — 55 editions
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Winter (Seasonal Quartet, #2)
3.78 avg rating — 25,436 ratings — published 2017 — 23 editions
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Spring (Seasonal Quartet, #3)
4.04 avg rating — 17,870 ratings — published 2019 — 74 editions
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Summer (Seasonal Quartet, #4)
4.01 avg rating — 13,273 ratings — published 2020
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The Accidental
3.37 avg rating — 14,089 ratings — published 2005 — 74 editions
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Gliff
3.88 avg rating — 11,242 ratings — published 2024 — 27 editions
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Girl Meets Boy
3.78 avg rating — 10,892 ratings — published 2007 — 64 editions
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There But For The
3.50 avg rating — 10,249 ratings — published 2011
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Hotel World
3.59 avg rating — 8,445 ratings — published 2001 — 61 editions
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Series by Ali Smith

Autumn Winter Spring Summer
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“She likes to read, she reads all the time, and she prefers to be reading several things at once, she says it gives endless perspective and dimension.”
― Ali Smith, Autumn
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“Books mean all possibilities. They mean moving out of yourself, losing yourself, dying of thirst and living to your full. They mean everything.”
― Ali Smith
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“To be known so well by someone is an unimaginable gift. But to be imagined so well by someone is even better.”
― Ali Smith, Artful
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Topics Mentioning This Author

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The Seasonal Read...: 25.10 - Belinda's Task - Let's Play The Name Game 50 197 May 31, 2010 10:18AM  
SA Book & Challen...: Read your name Challenge 26 97 Jul 21, 2010 01:06PM  
The Seasonal Read...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS) 2867 1124 May 31, 2011 09:01PM  
Cover to Cover Ch...: Susan's (California) 2011 challenge 7 20 Jun 04, 2011 03:18PM  
The Seasonal Read...: * Summer Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS) 2614 901 Aug 31, 2011 09:18PM  
Challenge: 50 Books: Daniel M's 50 Books in 1 Year Challenge 10 59 Sep 13, 2011 07:23PM  
Nothing But Readi...: Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge for 2011 616 930 Jan 01, 2012 11:55AM  
The Seasonal Read...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Winter Challenge 2011: Completed Tasks -DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC 2866 793 Feb 29, 2012 09:03PM  


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