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The former New York Times book critic was known for her devastating pans. Now she’s up to something very different.

Zadie Smith is the author of the novels White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW and Swing Time; as well as a novella, The Embassy of Cambodia; three...

Literary culture arranged a peculiar fate for Zadie Smith. She became a major novelist before she had written a good novel. Major, that is, by acclaim: sponsorship, awards, sales, gushing reviews. But the novels thus garlanded only partly justified their prominence. White Teeth (2000), written while she was still an undergraduate at Cambridge, is flippant rather than comic; it is full of painfully unpersuasive characters and scenes — for instance the halal butcher who kills six pigeons with a ...

Zadie Smith is the author of the novels White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW and Swing Time; plus a novella; three collections of essays; short stories, and the play, The Wife of Willesden. She’s also the editor of The Book of Other People. She was twice shortlisted, and once winner of the Women’s Prize, and was shortlisted for the Booker. Smith was born in north-west London, where she still lives. The Fraud, her first historical novel, is published by Hamish Hamilton on Thursday.

After 17 years abroad, Zadie Smith has returned to her literary stomping ground of north London. She talks about fame, therapy and finding inspiration for her new historical novel on her doorstep

"While exposing the racial prejudice of society, Smith holds a up mirror to our personal lives": Miranda Hopkins explores the works of Zadie Smith

Scholar Anna Wilson looks at the role #MeToo plays in Zadie Smith’s “The Wife of Willesden,” an adaption of Chaucer’s “The Wife of Bath’s Tale.”

Not sure whether to read or revisit White Teeth, or go for one of the celebrated author’s other works? Novelist Yara Rodrigues Fowler who was “raised” on Smith has a handy guide

Recorded at the Ed Sullivan Theater “SHOW ME THE WAY” features celebrated writer Zadie Smith in the most unexpected and delightful way, as a featured back-up vocalist. The song was written by Jon Batiste, Autumn Rowe and Kizzo and it’s a love letter to the artists that have musically inspired him and have laid the groundwork for him as a musician. The sound is a sonic throwback to the classic R&B/Soul songs of the 70’s and you can hear the influences from legendary artists like The Isle...