Jane Smiley:
(geboren op 26 september 1949).
Amerikaanse schrijfster. Ze won de Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 voor haar roman A Thousand Acres (1991).
Leaving any bookstore is hard, especially on a day in August when the street outside burns and glares, and the books inside are cool and crisp to the touch.
Leaving a bookstore is hard, especially on a day in January when the ice is treacherous, the wind is blowing, and the books inside seem to gather together in colorful warmth.
