: Her first foray into historical fiction, centered on the Victorian-era Tichborne Trial and the life of a former slave, Andrew Bogle. Essays and Public Role
: Her career began with meteoric success. Published when she was just 24, White Teeth became an international bestseller and won multiple awards, including the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize . It is often associated with the literary term "hysterical realism" for its sprawling, digressive narrative style. Major Literary Works Zadie Smith
: A story focusing on the friendship between two mixed-race girls with a shared passion for dance. : Her first foray into historical fiction, centered
: A campus novel set in New England, inspired by E. M. Forster’s Howards End , which won the Orange Prize for Fiction . It is often associated with the literary term
Smith is equally esteemed as a cultural critic and public intellectual. Her essay collections include: