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§Author· 5 books

Ali Smith

Ali Smith was born in Inverness in 1962 and lives in Cambridge. Her first book, Free Love, won the Saltire First Book Award. She is also the author of Like (1997); Other Stories and Other Stories (1999); Hotel World (2001), which was shortlisted for both the Orange Prize and the Man Booker Prize in 2001 and won the Encore Award, the East England Arts Award of the Year and the Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year Award in 2002; The Whole Story and Other Stories (2003); The Accidental (2005), which won the 2005 Whitbread Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Man Booker Prize; and The First Person and Other Stories (2008). Source

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§All Books
Cover of Winter by Ali Smith

Winter

Ali Smith, 2017
49 ratings
Cover of How to Be Both by Ali Smith

How to Be Both

Ali Smith, 2014
40 ratings
Cover of Super-Cannes by J. G. Ballard

Super-Cannes

J. G. Ballard, 2000
16 ratings
Cover of The Accidental by Ali Smith

The Accidental

Ali Smith, 2005
15 ratings
Cover of There But For The by Ali Smith

There But For The

Ali Smith, 2011
4 ratings

§ About Ali Smith's books

Books on SansFiction
5
Published
2000–2017
Average rating
3.9 / 5 across 124 ratings
Genres
Christmas Stories, Holiday, Artists, Biography

Start here: Winter (2017)

When four people, strangers and family, converge on a fifteen-bedroom house in Cornwall for Christmas, will there be enough room for everyone?

Common questions about Ali Smith

What is Ali Smith best known for?
Ali Smith is best known for Winter, published in 2017 with 49 ratings and a 4.1 average. It is the most-rated of Ali Smith's books on SansFiction.
How many books has Ali Smith written?
SansFiction lists 5 books by Ali Smith, published between 2000 and 2017. The most popular are Winter, How to Be Both, Super-Cannes, The Accidental and There But For The.
Which Ali Smith book should I read first?
Winter is the usual place to start: it is Ali Smith's most-rated book here, with a 4.1 average.
What genres does Ali Smith write?
Ali Smith's books on SansFiction are tagged Christmas Stories, Holiday, Artists and Biography.

Explore: Christmas Stories · Holiday · Artists · Biography