Dominic Smith (author)
Dominic Smith is an Australian-American novelist.
Early life and education
[edit]Smith was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1971. He grew up in the Blue Mountains and in Sydney. His father was an American corporate manager, his Australian mother worked as a secretary. Smith, one of four children, was eight years old when his parents separated. The following year, the family home burned down and Smith's mother suffered a stroke and became disabled; the family struggled to make ends meet.[1] Australian politician Tamara Smith is his sister.[1]
Smith graduated from college in 1994 at age 23 with a B.A. in anthropology.[1] He completed an MFA in creative writing on a Michener Fellowship at the University of Texas at Austin in 2003.[2]
He lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife, an instructional coach and early-childhood specialist. He has two daughters.[1] Smith has taught in the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers.[3]
Publications
[edit]Smith's writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Texas Monthly and The Australian.[4][5][6][7] His novel The Last Painting of Sara de Vos was a New York Times bestseller.[8]
Novels
[edit]- Return to Valetto: A Novel (2023 Farrar, Straus, Giroux in USA; Allen & Unwin in Australia)
- The Electric Hotel: A Novel (Farrar, Straus, Giroux/Sarah Crichton Books, June 2019)
- The Last Painting of Sara de Vos (2016, Farrar, Straus, Giroux/Sarah Crichton Books in USA; Allen & Unwin in Australia)[1][9][10][11]
- Bright and Distant Shores (Atria, 2011)[12]
- The Beautiful Miscellaneous (Atria, 2007)
- The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre (Atria, 2006)
Awards and Fellowships
[edit]- National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship 2018[13]
- Australia Council for the Arts New Works Grant[14]
- Dobie Paisano Fellowship[15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Baum, Caroline (21 May 2016). "Dominic Smith (book review)". The Age.
- ^ Record of degree on UT Austin website
- ^ Warren Wilson faculty
- ^ "Stewart O'Nan Returns to the Fictional Maxwell Family (Published 2019)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-12-05.
- ^ "Dominic Smith". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 2023-06-05.
- ^ Fiction by Smith in Texas Monthly
- ^ Book Review by Smith in The Australian
- ^ Bio on Macmillan website
- ^ Harrison, Kathryn (8 April 2016). "The Last Painting of Sara de Vos (book review)". New York Times. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ Swinn, Louise (4 June 2016). "A picture of art and its sense of mystery (book review)". Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Shapira, Ian (5 April 2016). "'The Last Painting of Sara de Vos,' a riveting tale of art theft (book review)". Washington Post.
- ^ Bradley, James (26 February 2011). "The new Pacific solution (book review)". Weekend Australian.
- ^ NEA Fellowship Listing
- ^ Allen & Unwin website
- ^ Paisano Fellowship Listing
