Sarah Smith (born December 9, 1947) is an American author living in Brookline, Massachusetts.[1]
Sarah Winthrop Rishworth Smith | |
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| Born | December 9, 1947 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, PhD) |
| Genre | Mystery, science fiction, hypertext fiction |
| Literary movement | Historical whodunnit, Interstitial arts |
| Notable awards | Agatha Awards |
| Website | |
| www | |
Life
editShe holds a B.A. and a Ph.D. in English literature, both from Harvard.[1] She was an assistant professor of English for several years before going to work in the computer industry. She has worked for Lisp Machines Inc., Bachman Inc., ITP Systems, Inc., and Effective Educational Tech which was acquired by Pearson Education in 2006.[2]
She is the author of a four-novel historical mystery series set in turn of the century Boston and Paris about amnesiac Alexander von Reisden.[3] She has also authored King of Space,[4] a work of speculative fiction published as a hypertext novel by Eastgate Systems, Inc.[5] in 1991, that places her among the pioneers of electronic literature.[6] She has been a frequent speaker at Readercon in Boston.[7][6]
Awards
edit- Fulbright fellow 1968-69
- Mellon fellow, 1977
- Woman of Year, The College Club of Boston, 1997
- Agatha Award, The Other Side of Dark, 2010[8]
- Massachusetts Book Award, The Other Side of Dark, 2011[9]
Works
edit- The Vanished Child (Reprint (1993) ed.). Ballantine Books. 1992. ISBN 978-0-345-38164-4.[10][11]
- The Knowledge of Water. Ballantine Books. 1996. ISBN 978-0-345-39135-3.[10][11]
- A Citizen of the Country (Reprint (2002) ed.). Ballantine Books. 2000. ISBN 978-0-345-43303-9.[12]
- Chasing Shakespeares Atria Books, 2003, ISBN 978-0-7434-6482-6
- The Other Side of Dark Atheneum, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4424-0280-5
- Crimes and Survivors Max Light Books, 2020, ISBN 1951636112
Hypertext novel
edit- Smith, Sarah with Eastgate Systems (1991). The King of Space. This work was revived and discussed in Rebooting Electronic Literature.[13]
Anthologies
edit- The Boys Go Fishing (Aug 2010) in Death's Excellent Vacation[14]
References
edit- ^ a b "Sarah Smith". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "Virtual Event: Sarah Smith's Titanic Party [04/19/20]". www.thebostoncalendar.com. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "Crime," By Marilyn Stasio, review of The Knowledge of Water in The New York Times, September 8, 1996
- ^ "King of Space".
- ^ "Home". eastgate.com.
- ^ a b Dirda, Michael (2023-07-20). "At Readercon, print is still king". Washington Post. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "Search for Sarah | Readercon Web Services". readercon.org. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "AGATHA AWARDS BEST CHILDREN/YOUNG ADULT | Cozy Mystery List". cozy-mystery.com. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "Previous Winners". Massachusetts Center for the Book. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ a b Durham, Carolyn A. (2005). Literary globalism: Anglo-American fiction set in France. Bucknell University Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-8387-5608-9.
- ^ a b Jacob, Merle; Apple, Hope (2000). To be continued: an annotated guide to sequels (2nd ed.). Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 267. ISBN 978-1-57356-155-6.
- ^ Durham, Carolyn A. (2005). Literary globalism: Anglo-American fiction set in France. Bucknell University Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-8387-5608-9.
- ^ "Rebooting Electronic Literature: Sarah Smith's "King of Space"". Rebooting Electronic Literature: Documenting Pre-Web Born Digital Media. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ Harris, Charlaine; Kelner; Toni L. P., eds. (Aug 2010). Death's Excellent Adventure.
