- Born
- Birth nameSadie A. Smith
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Zadie Smith was born on October 27, 1975 in Brent, London, England, UK. She is a writer and actress, known for On Beauty, Good Posture (2019) and White Teeth (2002). She has been married to Nick Laird since 2004.
- SpouseNick Laird(2004 - present)
- Parents
- RelativesLuc Skyz(Sibling)Ben Bailey Smith(Sibling)
- Her first novel "White Teeth" won the 2000 Whitbread First Novel Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction and the 2001 Commonwealth Writers Prize Best First Book award.
- Studied English Literature at King's College, Cambridge University, England (1994 - 1997), after attending public (state) schools. She said she chose to apply only to Cambridge because that's where all her favorite British authors were educated.
- Was nominated for the 2005 Man Booker Prize for the novel On Beauty (but didn't win).
- 'King's was an incredible experience for me. The reading list required for the English syllabus transformed the way I wrote and the teaching radically changed the way I thought. Add to this a nice river, a lovely room, trees, friends and drink, and the result was the best three years of my life.'
- On interviewing Eminem for Vibe magazine: "I never want to do another interview as long as I live. It's not my bag."
- When my father was old and I was still young, I came into some money. Though it was money 'earned' for work done, it seemed, both to my father and me, no different than a win on the lottery. We looked at the contract more than once, checking and rechecking it, just like a lottery ticket, to ensure no mistake had been made. No mistake had been made. I was to be paid for writing a book. For a long time, neither of us could work out what to do about this new reality.
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