Sarah Smith (writer)
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| Sarah Winthrop Rishworth Smith | |
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| Born | December 9, 1947 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Nationality | United States |
| Genres | Mystery, Science Fiction, Hypertext fiction |
| Literary movement | Historical mysteries, Interstitial arts |
Sarah Smith (1947- ) is an American author living in Brookline, Massachusetts with her husband, Frederick Perry. She holds a BA. and a Ph.D. in English literature, both from Harvard University. 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 Sysems, Inc. , and Effective Educational Tech which was acquired by Pearson Education in 2006.
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[edit] Novels
She is the author of a three-novel mystery series set in turn of the century Boston and Paris about amnesiac Alexander von Reisden. The novels in the series are The Vanished Child (1992), The Knowledge of Water (1996), and A Citizen of the Country (2000). She is also the author of Chasing Shakespeares (2003). She published a hypertext novel, The King of Space, with Eastgate Systems in 1991.
[edit] Awards
- Fulbright fellow 1968-69
- Mellon fellow, 1977
- named Woman of Year, College Club of Boston, 1997.
[edit] External links
- Interstitial Art Foundation
- ISFDB Bibliogrphy covering her science fiction short fiction.
- LibraryThing author profile
- Works by or about Sarah Smith (writer) in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
