Jane Smiley: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Jane Graves Smiley
Born	September 26, 1949 (age 77) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors	Pulitzer Prize
Notable Works	“A Dangerous Business” • “A Thousand Acres” • “A Year at the Races” • “Barn Blind” • “Early Warning” • “Golden Age” • “Moo” • “Perestroika in Paris” • “Private Life” • “Some Luck” • “Ten Days in the Hills” • “The Greenlanders” • “Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel”