Jane Smiley

Jane Smiley
Smiley at the 2009 Texas Book Festival
Born (1949-09-26) September 26, 1949
EducationVassar College (AB)
University of Iowa (MA, MFA, PhD)
AwardsPulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1992
American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2001

Jane Smiley (born September 26, 1949) is an American novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 for her novel A Thousand Acres (1991).